PIGOTT, Robert (1664-1746), of Chetwynd, Salop and Chesterton, Hunts.

b. 1664,Salop Arch. Soc. Trans. (ser. 4), iii. 95. 1st s. of Walter Pigott of Chetwynd by his 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir John Dryden, 2nd Bt., M.P., of Canons Ashby, Northants. and Chesterton. educ. Ch. Ch. Oxf. 5 Dec. 1681, aged 16; I. Temple 1683. m. (settlement 15 May 1695) Frances, da. of William Ward of Willingsworth, Staffs., bro. of Edward, 7th Lord Dudley and 2nd Baron Ward, 5s. 3da. suc. fa. at Chetwynd 1699 and to the Hunts. estates of his uncles John and Erasmus Dryden 1708 and 1710.