Stigand was the son of William Stigand and Agnes Catherine Senior. His father was British vice-consul at
Boulogne-sur-Mer when he was born there on 25 October 1877. He was educated at
Radley and gazetted as a
second lieutenant in the
Royal West Kent Regiment on 4 January 1899. Serving with them in Burma and
British Somaliland, he was promoted to
lieutenant on 13 March 1901. He transferred to
British East Africa and was seconded to serve with the
King's African Rifles in December 1902. He entered the Egyptian army in 1910 and was posted to the Upper
White Nile, assuming control of the
Lado Enclave from the Belgians in accordance with an agreement. He was placed in charge of the
Kajo Kaji district. Stigand was appointed governor of
Mongalla Province in 1919. He was killed on 8 December 1919 by tribesmen of the
Aliyab Dinka at Pap, between the Lau River and the White Nile. ==Bibliography==