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Biography
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. 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. From 2000 he served as Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) with responsibility for planning and executing the invasion of Afghanistan. He retired in 2003.
Later life
After retiring from the Armed Forces, Pigott took a position of Independent Member of Steering Board at the Intellectual Property Office.
On 4 December 2009, Pigott gave evidence to The Iraq Inquiry.
Family
In 1981 he married Felicity Ann Cooper.
Sources and references
| Military offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Christopher Wallace | Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley 1994–1996 | Succeeded by College Disbanded |
| Preceded by Sir John Day | Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff (Commitments) 2000–2003 | Succeeded by Sir Robert Fry |