10 Facts About Henry Pigott

Henry Robert Maguire Pigott was an Australian politician.

Henry Pigott was a member of the Australian House of Representatives from 1913 to 1919, representing the electorate of Calare for the Commonwealth Liberal Party and its successor the Nationalist Party.

Henry Pigott was born in Ceylon of Irish Baptist missionary parents and attended the London School for the Sons of Missionaries.

Henry Pigott worked for the Bank of Australasia in England before migrating to New South Wales in 1885.

Henry Pigott worked as an official for the Australian Joint Stock Bank in a succession of branches: as an accountant at Summer Hill and then Cooma and then bank manager at Milton and finally Blayney.

Henry Pigott purchased a 13,000 acre pastoral property, "Cadara", near Tottenham, in 1910.

Henry Pigott was an elected member of the council of the Liberal Association of New South Wales.

Henry Pigott held the seat until 1919, when he was defeated by Labor's Thomas Lavelle.

Henry Pigott remained active in farming circles, serving as a representative of the Carcoar and Mandurama branch of the Graziers' Association for over twenty years and remaining involved in the Farmers and Settlers Association.

Henry Pigott sold "Cadara" in 1945 and purchased a bungalow in the Sydney suburb of Manly, which he lived in thereafter.