Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet

Sir Robert Pigot, 2nd Baronet (20 September 1720 – 1 August 1796) was a British Army officer during the American Revolutionary War.

He and his brothers shared Huguenot ancestry through their grandfather Peter Godde, who had come to England in the late seventeenth century.

[2] On 17 June 1775 he commanded the left flank of the British assault in the Battle of Bunker Hill.

He inherited the baronetcy of his older brother Lord George Pigot (it had been created with special remainder) and the Patshull Hall estate in 1777.

He also inherited a one-third share of the Pigot Diamond, which remained in the family until sold in a lottery in 1801.