Sir William Pilkington, 8th Baronet

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William Pilkington

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Death: September 30, 1850
Chevet Hall, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Sir Michael Pilkington, 6th Baronet and Isabella Hewetson
Husband of Mary Pilkington (Swinnerton)
Father of Sir Thomas Edward Pilkington, 9th Baronet; Sir William Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, 10th Baronet and Sir Lionel Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, 11th Baronet
Brother of Sir Thomas Pilkington, 7th Baronet; Catherine Dorothy Tufnell and Isabella Pilkington

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About Sir William Pilkington, 8th Baronet

Biographical Summary

"Sir William Pilkington, Baronet [S 1635], of Chevet, brother and heir male, baptized 14 November 1775, at Wakefield, succeeded to the Baronetcy, 9 July 1811, and purchased the estate of of Chevet from his nieces soon afterwards. He married, 25 June 1825, at St Marylebone, Mary, 2nd daughter and coheir of Thomas Swinnerton, of Butterton Hall, in Trentham, co Stafford, by Mary, daughter and heir of Charles Milborne, of Wonastow, co Monmouth, and of he Priory, Abergavenny. He died at Chevet Hall, 30 September 1850, and was buried at Sandal Magna, in his 75th year. His widow, who by Act of Parliament, 1836-37, took the name of Milborne-Swinnerton</strong> before that of <em>Pilkington, died 11 and was buried 20 December 1854, at Butterton, aged 61."

SOURCE: Complete baronetage; Cokayne, George E. (George Edward); 1900; Vol. II; page 410-411

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Sir William Pilkington, 8th Baronet's Timeline

1775
November 14, 1775
1829
March 19, 1829
1831
June 8, 1831
1835
July 7, 1835
1850
September 30, 1850
Age 74
Chevet Hall, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom