Background
Piggott was born in Worthing in West Sussex. He was the son of the Revd Francis Allen Piggott (d 1871) of Worthing. His mother, Mary Frances Errebess, daughter of Doctor John Hollamby Taylor, died at the time of his birth.
Piggott was born in Worthing in West Sussex. He was the son of the Revd Francis Allen Piggott (d 1871) of Worthing. His mother, Mary Frances Errebess, daughter of Doctor John Hollamby Taylor, died at the time of his birth.
He was educated in Paris and at Trinity College, Cambridge where he obtained a Master of Arts and Master of Laws.
He was the Chief Justice of Hong Kong from 1905 to 1912. His career as a lawyer began in 1874. He published Law of Torts in 1885.
In 1887, he was a constitutional advisor to Japanese Prime Minister Hirobumi Ito in Tokyo then Prime Minister.
In 1893, he was secretary of Sir Charles Russell in the Bering Sea Arbitration. He was Procureur-General of Mauritius from 1893 to 1904, acting as the Chief Justice of Mauritius in 1895.
In 1905, he was appointed Chief Justice of Hong Kong. He was compulsorily retired in 1912 and commenced practice at the bar in Hong Kong as a junior counsel
He returned to England in 1914.
Piggott died on 12 March 1925 at his home, 33 Thurloe Square, London.