Anthony Pigott
Sir Anthony Pigott | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1944 (age 79–80) |
| Allegiance |  United Kingdom |
| Service/ |  British Army |
| Years of service | 1965–2003 |
| Rank | Lieutenant General |
| Commands held | Staff College, Camberley |
| Battles/wars | Iraq War |
| Awards | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Commander of the Order of the British Empire |
Lieutenant-General Sir Anthony David Pigott, KCB, CBE (born 1944) is a former British Army officer. He presently serves as Independent Member of Steering Board at the Intellectual Property Office.
Military career
Pigott was commissioned into the Royal Engineers in 1965.[1] He was appointed Chief of Staff for the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps in 1992, Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley in 1994 and Director-General, Doctrine and Development in 1997.[2] From 2000 he served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) with responsibility for planning and executing the invasion of Afghanistan.[3] He retired in 2003.[2]
Later life
After retiring from the Armed Forces, Pigott took a position of Independent Member of Steering Board at the Intellectual Property Office.[4]
On 4 December 2009, Pigott gave evidence to The Iraq Inquiry.[5]
Family
In 1981 he married Felicity Ann Cooper.[6]
Sources and references
- ^ "No. 43576". The London Gazette (invalid
|supp=(help)). 12 February 1965. - ^ a b Army Commands Archived 5 July 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Iraq war inquiry key witnesses: Lieutenant General Sir Anthony Pigott and Major General David Wilson, The Guardian
- ^ Sir Anthony Pigott Archived 13 February 2011 at the Wayback Machine, Intellectual Property Office
- ^ "'Defining moment' as US revealed Iraq plans". BBC News. BBC. 4 December 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
- ^ The Peerage.com