Richard Pigott | |
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 Pigott as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, March 1889 | |
| Born | 1835 Ratoath, County Meath, Ireland |
| Died | 1 March 1889 (aged 53–54) Madrid, Spain |
| Cause of death | Suicide |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Known for | The 'Pigott Papers' forgery |
Richard Pigott (1835 – 1 March 1889) was an Irish journalist, best known for his forging of evidence that Charles Stewart Parnell of the Irish National Land League had been sympathetic to the perpetrators of the Phoenix Park Murders. Parnell successfully sued for libel and Pigott shot himself.