Francis Taylor Piggott

Born in 1852, Sir Francis Taylor Piggott was a British barrister and later a county court judge. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple and built a reputation as a legal writer as well as a practicing lawyer.

He is especially remembered for his interest in Japan and international law. Among his notable works are studies of exterritoriality, Japanese constitutional development, and broader questions of imperial and international politics, showing how widely his interests ranged beyond everyday legal practice.

Piggott died in 1925. His career left a record of a Victorian and Edwardian legal mind deeply engaged with the changing relationship between Britain, law, and East Asia.