Constituency Dates
Horsham 17 Dec. 1748 – 1768
Family and Education
bap. 20 Jan. 1707, 1st s. of Sir Lyon Pilkington, 4th Bt., by Anne, da. of Sir Michael Wentworth, of Woolley, Yorks. educ. Westminster 1721; Ch. Ch. Oxf. 1725. unm. suc. fa. June 1716.
Offices Held

Sheriff, Yorks. 1740–1.

Address
Main residence: Stanley, Yorks.
biography text

Pilkington, a member of the 1st Lord Egmont’s musical circle,1HMC Egmont Diary, i. 325, 337, 342. took a leading part on the government side in the Yorkshire election of 1734, later contributing £50 towards a scrutiny.2Wentworth Pprs. 488; Add. 32689, f. 270. Returned for Horsham as a government supporter by his neighbour and friend, the 7th Viscount Irwin, he was one of the sponsors of the Leeds turnpike bill in 1751.3HMC Var. viii. 174; CJ, xxvi. 80.

He died 11 Aug. 1778.

Author
J.B.L.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. HMC Egmont Diary, i. 325, 337, 342.
  • 2. Wentworth Pprs. 488; Add. 32689, f. 270.
  • 3. HMC Var. viii. 174; CJ, xxvi. 80.