James Pilkington (politician)

James Pilkington
JP DL
James Pilkington JP DL
	Portrait, c. 1850s
Member of Parliament; for Blackburn
	In office; 29 July 1847 – 6 July 1865 Serving with John Hornby (1847–1852); William Eccles (1852–1853); Montague Feilden (1853–1857); William H. Hornby (1857–1865);
Preceded by	William Feilden
Succeeded by	Joseph Feilden
Personal details
Born	29 August 1804
Died	17 February 1890 (aged 85); Swinithwaite Hall, Yorkshire, England
Political party	Whig (until 1859); Liberal (from 1859);
Spouse	Mary Jane Skaife (m. 1831; died 1865)
Occupation	Cotton manufacturer; merchant; politician;

James Pilkington JP DL (29 August 1804 – 17 February 1890)^[1] was a British merchant, cotton manufacturer, and Liberal Party^[2] politician.

He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Blackburn from 1847–1865 and was also Deputy Lieutenant of Lancashire.^[3]^[4]^[3]

His assault during a robbery in July 1862 was widely covered in the London press and led to a second London garrotting panic that would last until the start of 1863.^[5]

Attack and robbery

Pilkington was robbed by thieves in 1862 in Westminster and garrotted.^[6]

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)
^ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 49. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.
^ ^a ^b The Handbook of the Court; the Peerage; and the House of Commons. 1862. p. 151. Retrieved 20 August 2010.
^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)
^ Sindall 1987, p. 356
^ Burke, Janet (6 October 2022). "James Pilkington Member of Parliament for Blackburn 1847-1865". Cottontown.org. Blackburn with Darwen Council. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

Bibliography

Sindall, R. (1987). "The London Garotting Panics of 1856 and 1862". Social History. 12 (3): 351–359. doi:10.1080/03071028708567694. ISSN 0307-1022. JSTOR 4285629.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by James Pilkington

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by William Feilden John Hornby	Member of Parliament for Blackburn 1847–1865 With: John Hornby to 1852 William Eccles 1852–1853 Montague Joseph Feilden 1853–1857 William Henry Hornby from 1857	Succeeded by Joseph Feilden William Henry Hornby

This article about a Liberal Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom representing an English constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 3)

[craig1832-1885-2] Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 49. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

[handbook-3] The Handbook of the Court; the Peerage; and the House of Commons. 1862. p. 151. Retrieved 20 August 2010.

[rayment-4] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "B" (part 2)

[s356-5] Sindall 1987, p. 356

[6] Burke, Janet (6 October 2022). "James Pilkington Member of Parliament for Blackburn 1847-1865". Cottontown.org. Blackburn with Darwen Council. Retrieved 17 July 2024.

[1]