Raymond’s circus at Philadelphia; joined Dan Emmet’s minstrel
party at Franklin theatre, New York 1842; joined E. P. Christy’s
minstrels; came to England in 1856; member of the Christy
minstrels St. James’s hall, London, where he became well known
by singing a song entitled Hoop de-dooden-do. _d._ suddenly in
the Holloway road, London from effusion of serum on the brain 5
June 1859, inquest 7 June.
PIERCE, EVAN. _b._ 1808; L.F.P.S. Glasgow 1836; L.S.A. London
1836; L.R.C.S. Edinb. 1836, F.R.C.S. 1870; M.D. St. Andrews
1844; mayor of Denbigh; coroner for county of Denbigh about 1831
to death; during the cholera in 1832 he was most active in his
exertions; a column with a statue raised in his honor at Denbigh
23 Nov. 1876. _d._ Salusbury place, Denbigh 15 March 1895. _Y
Darlunydd, Carnarvon Dec. 1876 pp._ 1–2 _portrait and view of
column_; _Lancet 9 Dec. 1876 p._ 821.
PIERCE, JAMES HART, stage name of James Hart Glen. _b._ Leith,
near Edinburgh 1856; a clerk; a gymnast, had a serious fall at
South of England music hall, Portsmouth; partner with. Mike
Mac as a gymnastic clown and pantomimist; music hall comedian;
partner with George Monaghan to 1889; went to South Africa with
Luscombe Searelle’s No. 6 company 1893; _m._ 1892 as his 2 wife
Fanny Robina, widow of Frederick Stanislaus, musical composer.
_d._ Walcot sq. Kennington, Surrey 5 Jany. 1894. _bur._ Tooting
cemetery 10 Jany.
PIERCY, BENJAMIN (3 son of Robert Piercy, surveyor). _b._
Trefeglwys, Montgomeryshire 16 March 1827; in his father’s
office to 1847; chief assistant to Charles Mickleburgh,
surveyor, Montgomery 1847–51; with Henry Robert made survey for
Shrewsbury and Chester railway 1851; engineer of Red Valley
railway bill 1852; engaged on the Cambrian system and on most
of the railway schemes in Wales; made the railway bridge at
Barmouth and the bridge near Portmadoc; engaged in surveying and
making 300 miles of railways in Sardinia 1862–81, and a harbour
at the Golfo de Aranci; a commendatore of the Crown of Italy
1881; acquired large estates in Sardinia and bred cattle, horses
and sheep; a great friend of Garibaldi; made railway lines in
Italy, France and India; purchased Marchwiel hall and estate
near Wrexham 1881, where he had a cricket ground; M.I.C.E. 8
Jany. 1860; a candidate for Peterborough 1883. _d._ 15 Portman
square, London 24 March 1888. _Min. of Proc. of Instit. of C.E.
xcvi_ 333–9 (1889).
PIERREPONT, HENRY MANVERS (3 son of Charles Pierrepont, 1
earl Manvers 1737–1816). _b._ 18 March 1780; educ. Ch. Ch.
Oxf., B.A. 1800, D.C.L. 1834; envoy extraordinary and minister
plenipotentiary to Sweden 20 April 1804 to 19 Jany. 1807; P.C.
20 May 1807; member of the Dandy club of which he was the last
survivor. _d._ Thoresby park, Ollerton, Notts. 10 Nov. 1851.
_G.M. xxxvii_ 184 (1852).
PIERSON, HENRY HUGH (son of Hugh Nicholas Pearson, dean of
Salisbury). _b._ Oxford 14 April 1815; educ. Harrow 1829, and
Trin. coll. Camb.; studied music in Germany from 1839; Reid
professor of music in univ. of Edinb. 1 June 1844, but never
officiated as professor; resided in Germany 1844 to death; wrote
music under pseudonym of Edgar Mannsfeldt-Pierson; produced
an opera The elves and the earth king at Brunn, and another
opera Leila at Hamburg 1848; his oratorio Jerusalem, produced
at the Norwich festival 1852, was performed by the Harmonic
union at Exeter hall 18 May 1853 and at Wurzburg 1862; composed
incidental music to the second part of Goethe’s Faust produced
at Stadt-theater, Hamburg 1854, printed at Mayence 1856, for
which Leopold I of Belgium gave him the gold medal for art
and science; his unfinished oratorio Hezekiah was performed
at Norwich festival 1869; his opera Contarini in five acts
was produced at Hamburg April 1872; three of his orchestral
overtures Macbeth 1860, Romeo and Juliet 1870, and As you like
it, have been given at Crystal palace concerts; wrote All my
heart’s thine own, song 1844; Salve eternum, a Roman dirge 1853;
The office for holy communion 1870; Thirty hymn tunes 1870,
Second series 1872; Ye mariners of England, a part song 1880;
Hurrah for merry England 1885. _d._ Leipzig 28 Jany. 1873.
bur. Sonning, Berkshire 6 Feb. _Robin Legge’s History of the
Norwich festivals_, _with portrait_; _H. H. Pearson’s Collected
songs_, _Leipzig with portrait_; _Graphic vii_ 215, 220 (1873)
_portrait_; _Grove’s Dictionary of music ii_ 752 (1880).
PIERSON, SIR WILLIAM HENRY. _b._ Plymouth 1782; entered navy
27 May 1796, served in the Belleisle at Trafalgar when he
was wounded; employed on the coast of Spain 1814; knighted by
marquis of Normanby, lord lieut. of Ireland, on the occasion of
his visiting the “Madagascar” at Kingstown, Dublin Oct. 1836;
captain 28 June 1838; retired rear-admiral 10 Sept. 1857. _d._
Langstone, near Havant 25 March 1858. _G.M. May 1858 p._ 553.
PIERSON, WILLIAM HENRY (eld. son of Charles Pierson of
Cheltenham). _b._ Havre, France 23 Nov. 1839; educ. Cheltenham
college 1853–6, head of the college; won the British
Association’s gold medal 1856; gained the Pollock medal Dec.
1858, and six prizes at Addiscombe college 1858; a performer on
the piano, cornet and concertina; a chess player; an actor, and
a Sanscrit scholar; lieut. Bengal engineers 10 Dec, 1858, major
25 Nov. 1880 to death; designed and constructed the new palace
of the British legation at Teheran; director of the Persian
telegraph Oct. 1871 to Oct. 1873; secretary to the Indian
defence committee July 1877; military secretary to lord Ripon,
governor general of India, Sept. 1880; commanding engineer of
the field force proceeding against the Mahsoud Waziri tribe
March 1881. _d._ at Bunnoo 2 June 1881, marble tablet with
medallion relief of his head in Cheltenham college chapel. _H.
M. Vibart’s Addiscombe_ (1894) 185, 643–6, 726.
PIESSE, GEORGE WILLIAM SEPTIMUS (7 child of Charles A. J.
Piesse, chief clerk in war office). _b._ 30 May 1820; a
practical optician; studied chemistry under professor Graham
at University college, London; an analytical chemist; in the
employment of J. and E. Atkinson, perfumers, and then with
Francis Henry Breidenbach; in partnership with Wilhelm Lubin,
as perfumers at 2 New Bond st. London with large cellars under
the street 1855, flower farmers near Nice, lavender gardeners
at Mitcham, Surrey, bonded warehouses in the London docks where
the perfumed spirits for exportation were made; introduced
frangipani, kiss-me-quick, the trump card, and other mixed
perfumes; makers of toilet and medicated soaps and of ribbon of
Bruges; an adept in the art of conjuring; an early associate of
Chemical soc., F.C.S. Dec, 1862; wrote the Scientific and useful
column in Family Herald during 25 years; author of Is selenium
a true element 1842; The art of perfumery and the methods of
obtaining the odours of plants 1855, 5 ed. 1891; Chymical,
natural and physical magic 1858; The laboratory of chemical
wonders 1860; Lectures on perfumes, flower farming, and of
obtaining the odours of plants 1865. _d._ Hughendon house,
Grove park, Chiswick 23 Oct. 1882. _G. L. M. Strauss’ England’s
Workshops_ (1864) 170–8; _Chemist and Druggist 15 Nov. 1882 p._
496 _portrait_; _Journal of Chemical Soc. xliii_ 255 (1883).
PIGEON, RICHARD HOTHAM. _b._ 22 May 1789; educ. Dr. Willett’s
academy Brixton; apprentice to Fynmore and Palmer, wholesale
druggists 31 Throgmorton st. London 1805, became a partner
1812; a member of the Wholesale druggists’ club; treasurer
of Pharmaceutical soc. from its commencement 1841 to 1850;
treasurer of Christ’s hospital 1835 when he made great
improvements in the administration, his portrait by J. P.
Knight, R.A. presented to the hospital in 1845. _d._ London 10
June 1851. _Pharmaceutical Journal xi_ 46–7 (1852); _J. Bell and
T. Redwood’s Pharmacy_ (1880) 212.
PIGOT, DAVID RICHARD (eld. son of David Pigot, M.D. of Kilworth,
co. Cork, physician). _b._ 1796; educ. Fermoy and Trin. coll.
Dublin, B.A. 1819, M.A. 1832, hon. LL.D. 1870; in the office
of a conveyancer 1819–26; called to Irish bar 1826; K.C. 1835;
bencher of King’s Inns 1839; solicitor general for Ireland 11
Feb. 1839, attorney general 14 Aug. 1840 to 23 Sept. 1841; M.P.
Clonmel 1839–46; P.C. Ireland 1840; one of the visitors of
Maynooth college 1845; chief baron of Irish court of exchequer 1
Sept. 1846 to death; a violin player. _d._ 8 Merrion sq. Dublin
22 Dec. 1873. _bur._ Kilworth. _J. R. O’Flanagan’s Irish bar_
(1879) 383–5; _Dublin univ. mag. Feb. 1874 pp._ 176–9 _portrait_.
PIGOTT, EDWARD FREDERICK SMYTH (3 son of John Hugh Smyth Pigott
of Brockley hall, Somerset). _b._ Somerset 1824; educ. Eton and
Balliol coll. Oxf., B.A. 1846, M.A. 1850; lived for sometime
in France; barrister L.I. 21 Nov. 1851; took an active part in
The Leader, No. 1 March 30 1850, which as The Saturday analyst
and leader came to an end 24 Nov. 1860, acted as G. H. Lewes’s
deputy in dealing with theatrical and musical matters in The
Leader and writing under pseudonym of Le Chat Huant from 19 July
1851; a member of the staff of the Daily News; examiner of plays
in lord chamberlain’s department 25 Aug. 1874 to death; wrote
for the Saturday review. _d._ 150 Oxford st. London 23 Feb.
1895, cremated at Woking 27 Feb. _Vanity Fair 11 Jany. 1890 p._
33 _portrait_; _Fortnightly Review Feb. 1896 p._ 222.
PIGOT, ELIZABETH BRIDGET (dau. of J. Pigot, M.D. of Derby). _b._
probably in Derbyshire 1783; lived at Southwell, Northampton
nearly all her life, where she made the acquaintance of lord
Byron about 1803; corresponded with him 1804–11; Byron addressed
to her his poem beginning ‘Eliza what fools are the Mussulman
sect’ 1806; much of her correspondence with Byron is printed in
T. Moore’s Life of Lord Byron (1847) 32, 52–8, 731; a manuscript
parody by her entitled ‘The wonderful history of Lord Byron and
his dog Bosen’ was sold by a London bookseller to professor
Kolbing of Breslau 1892. _d._ Easthorpe, Southwell 11 Dec. 1866.
_Poetical works of lord Byron_ (1859) 400; _Russell’s Memoirs of
T. Moore v_ 249 (1854).
PIGOTT, FRANCIS (1 son of Paynton Pigott, who in 1835 took
the name of Stainsby Conant 1780–1862). _b._ Trunkwell house,
Berkshire 1809; educ. Eton, matric. from Lincoln coll. Oxf.
7 March 1826; lieut. Hants yeomanry cavalry 31 Dec. 1838,
resigned 5 July 1861; contested Winchester 29 June 1841; M.P.
Reading 1847–60; lieut. governor of Isle of Man Oct. 1860 to
death, entered Douglas 14 Feb. 1861. _d._ Heckfield Heath, near
Winchester 21 Jany. 1863. _Illustrated Times 23 Feb. 1861 p._
111, _view of his reception at Douglas_.
PIGOTT, GEORGE GRANADO GRAHAM FOSTER (1 son of the rev. George
G. G. F. Pigott rector of Abington). _b._ Abington Pigotts,
Cambs. 16 May 1835; educ. Maryborough 1843–51; in Cambridge
militia 1854; ensign 48 foot April 1855, present at fall of
Sebastopol, served in the Indian mutiny, retired Nov. 1859; made
meteorological observations at Abington; F.R.A.S. 9 June 1865.
_d._ Abington 14 May 1878. _Monthly notices of R.A.S. xxxix_ 237
(1879).
PIGOTT, SIR GILLERY (4 son of Paynton Pigott, who _d._ Sept.
1862). _b._ Oxford 1813; barrister M.T. 3 May 1839, went
Oxford circuit; counsel to Ireland revenue department May
1854; serjeant-at-law Feb. or March 1856; received a patent of
precedence 1857; M.P. Reading Oct. 1860 to Oct. 1863; recorder
of Hereford Dec. 1857 to Dec. 1862; baron of court of exchequer
2 Oct. 1863 to death; knighted by patent 1 Nov. 1863; author
with B. B. Hunter Rodwell of Reports of cases in the court of
common pleas, on appeal from the decisions of the revising
barristers 1844–6. _d._ Sherfield Hill house, Basingstoke 28
April 1875. _I.L.N. 31 Oct. 1863 p._ 433 _portrait and lxvi_
451, 571 (1875); _Graphic xi_ 483, 486, 492 (1875) _portrait_.
PIGOTT, HENRY DE RENZY (2 son of Henry Pigott of Eagle hill, co.
Galway). _b._ 18 May 1825; educ. Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1844;
ensign 83 foot 23 July 1845, major 19 Dec. 1862; major 19 foot
30 June 1863, lieut. col. 25 Aug. 1871; lieut. col. 70 foot 14
Aug. 1872, placed on h.p. 21 June 1880; served in the Indian
mutiny and in the Afghan war of 1878; brevet colonel 25 Aug.
1876; commanded the regimental district of Warrington 1 April
1881 to 8 Feb. 1882, when he retired with honorary rank of M.G.
_d._ Elkhorn, Manitoba 14 Nov. 1889.
PIGOT, SIR HUGH. Entered navy 1 May 1788; captain 8 May 1804;
took possession of the island of Mariegalante 2 March 1808;
commanded the squadron off Guadaloupe 1809, employed on the
American station; commander-in-chief on Cork station 16 May 1844
to 1 July 1847; admiral 4 July 1853; C.B. 26 Sept. 1841, K.C.B.
10 July 1847; K.C.H. 18 June 1832. _d._ 96 Ebury street, London
29 July 1857. _O’Byrne’s Naval Biog. Dict._ (1849) 905–6.
PIGOT, HUGH (2 son of Creswell Pigot of Drayton, Salop). _b._
1820. educ. Brasn. coll. Oxf., B.A. 1842, M.A. 1845; C. of
Hadleigh, Suffolk 1843–63; V. of Wisbeck St. Mary 1863–9; R.
of Stretham, Cambs. 1869 to death; author of The blessed life,
a course of sermons 1855, 2 ed. 1856; Hadleigh, the town, the
church, and the great men born in or connected with the parish
1860, 2 ed. 1874. _d._ Tunbridge Wells 22 Sept. 1884.
PIGOT, RICHARD. _b._ 1774; captain of a new independent company
of foot 21 Dec. 1793; captain 58 foot 21 April 1795; captain 14
dragoons 13 Sept. 1798, major 4 Aug. 1804; lieut. col. 21 light
dragoons 1 May 1806 to 30 July 1820, when placed on h.p.; col. 4
dragoon guards 26 Nov. 1849 to death; general 11 Nov. 1851. _d._
Chievely, near Newbury, Berks. 21 Nov. 1868.
PIGOTT, RICHARD (son of George Pigott, clerk to Peter Purcell,
coach proprietor, Dublin). _b._ county Meath about 1828; clerk
in office of The Ulsterman newspaper, Belfast, edited by Denis
Holland, who transferred the paper to Dublin July 1858 and
changed its name to The Irishman, manager of the paper and
practically controlled it, in June 1865 the proprietor Patrick
James Smith gave the paper to Pigott; started a weekly magazine
entitled The Shamrock 1866, and another entitled The flag of
Ireland; condemned to 12 months’ imprisonment for publishing
seditious matter 1867, and imprisoned for six months for
contempt of court 1871; contested Limerick as a Fenian 20
Nov. 1868; sold his three publications to the Irish national
newspaper and publishing company 1879; author of Personal
recollections of an Irish national journalist 1882, 2 ed. 1883;
sold to the Irish loyal and patriotic union in 1886 papers
accusing Parnell of complicity in the murders of the Land
league, The Times purchased these papers and published a series
of articles on Parnellism and crime 1887, including a letter
signed by Parnell condoning the Phœnix Park murders of 18 April
1887, a commission of three judges sat July 1888 onward to
inquire into the allegations made by The Times against Parnell;
Pigott was examined as a witness 21 and 22 Feb. 1889, confessed
to Henry Labouchere, M.P. that he had forged the papers 23 Feb.,
fled from England same day, _shot himself dead_ in the Hotel de
los Embajadores, Madrid 12 March 1889. _Report of trial of A. M.
Sullivan and R. Pigott_ (1868); _James O’Connor’s Recollections
of R. Pigott_ (1889); _J. A. O’Shea’s Roundabout recollections
ii_ 198–9 (1892); _Vanity Fair 9 March 1889 p._ 177 _portrait_.
PIGOT, SIR ROBERT, 4 Baronet (2 son of general sir George Pigot,
bart. 1766–1841). _b._ Patshull, co. Stafford 1801; succeeded 24
June 1841; M.P. Bridgnorth 1832 to 1837 and 1838 to 1 July 1852;
M.P. Bridgnorth 8 July 1852 to March 1853 when unseated for
bribery; contested Bridgnorth 26 July 1837; owner of racehorses,
Conyngham won the 2,000 guineas 1847 and the Royal hunt cup.
_d._ Hillside, Bracknell 1 June 1891.
PIKE, JOHN DEODATUS GREGORY (eld. son of John Baxter Pike,
schoolmaster 1745–1811). _b._ Edmonton 6 April 1784; educ.
Wymondley college Herts. 1802–6; became a particular baptist
Aug. 1804; classical assistant in the school of his uncles G.
and R. Gregory at Lower Edmonton 1806–9; pastor of the baptist
church Brook st. Derby 1810, a new chapel was opened for him
1815, enlarged 1819, and rebuilt on a new site 1842, pastor to
his death; kept a boarding school at Derby about 1810–8; the
first secretary of the General Baptist missionary society June
1816; trained young missionaries in his family; edited The
general baptist repository and missionary observer Jany. 1822
to death; author of A catechism of scriptural instruction for
young persons 1816; The consolations of gospel truth 1817, 2
ed. Derby 1818, vol. ii Derby 1820; Persuasives to early piety,
7 ed. 1865; Swedenborgianism depicted 1820; A guide for young
disciples of the Holy Saviour 1823, 2 ed. 1880; Religion and
eternal life 1834; Christian liberality in the distribution of
property 1836. _d._ Derby 4 Sept. 1854. _A memoir of J. D. G.
Pike_, _edited by his sons_ (1855) _portrait_; _Amos Sutton’s
Mission to Orissa_ (1833) _vii and_ 1–10; _Repository and
missionary observer_ (1854) 463–8; _The works of J. G. Pike_
(1862–3), _memoir pp._ 11–24.
PIKE, WARBURTON (youngest son of Wm. Pike of Bucknowle, Church
Knowle, Dorset). _b._ Bucknowle 1818; educ. Univ. coll.
London; student of Middle Temple 7 June 1837; certificated
special pleader 1840 to death; published Translations from
Dante, Petrarch, Michael Angelo, and Vittoria Colonna 1879; A
translation of Dante’s Divine comedy, Inferno 1881. _d._ the
Grove, Highgate 29 Jany. 1882. _bur._ at Church Knowle.
PILCH, FULLER (eld. son of Nathaniel Pilch). _b._ Horningtoft,
near Fakenham, Norfolk 17 March 1803; a tailor by trade; played
his first match at Lord’s, Norfolk against Marylebone club
24 July 1820; member of the Bury St. Edmunds eleven 1825–30;
played for England against Sussex at Lord’s 1827, when he
made the highest score, 38 runs, against the new roundhand
bowling; resided at Norwich 1829–35; beat at single wicket
Thomas Marsden the Yorkshire champion at Norwich 18 July 1833
and again at Sheffield before 20,000 people 5–7 Aug. 1833; one
of the Kent eleven with salary of £100 a year 1836–54; member
of Clarke’s All England eleven 1841–51; the finest batsman in
England 1825–50; landlord of a tavern at Town Malling, Kent
1835; a tailor at Canterbury; kept a shop for sale of cricket
implements at Canterbury 1842 to death; landlord of Saracen’s
head inn Canterbury 1860. _d._ Canterbury 1 May 1870. _bur._
St. Gregory’s churchyard. _Baily’s Mag. xxvii_ 270–9 (1875);
_Denison’s Sketches of the players_ (1846) 64–9; _Pycroft’s
Cricket field_, _3 ed._ (1859) 135 _portrait_; _Lillywhite’s
Cricket scores i_ 434 (1862), _v page xiii_ (1876); _F. Gale’s
Game of cricket_ (1887) 11–26; _Illust. London life 16 July
1843 p._ 236 _portrait_; _W. G. Grace’s Cricket_ (1891) 24
_portrait_; _R. Daft’s Kings of cricket_ (1893) 26 _portrait_;
_I.L.N. iii_ 45 (1843) _portrait_.
PILCH, WILLIAM (brother of preceding). _b._ Horningtoft,
Norfolk 4 Nov. 1794; a tailor and bat maker; first match at
Lord’s, Marylebone v. Norfolk 24 July 1820; a slow bowler with
a delivery between underhand and round; resided successively at
Holt in Norfolk, London, and Norwich; went to King’s Lynn in
1860. _d._ Sheffield 4 Sept. 1866. _Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores
i_ 434 (1862).
PILCHER, GEORGE (son of Jeremiah Pilcher of Winkfield,
Berkshire). _b._ 30 April 1801; M.R.C.S. 2 April 1824, hon.
F.R.C.S. 1843, member of council 1849 to death; surgeon in
Dean st. Soho, London 1824; lecturer on anatomy, physiology,
and surgery at the Webb st. school of medicine Snow’s Fields,
Bermondsey; consulting surgeon to the Surrey dispensary many
years; president of Medical society of London 1842, received the
Fothergill gold medal; lecturer upon surgery at St. George’s
hospital 6 July 1843; one of the best aural surgeons in England;
author of Essay on the physiology of the excito-motory system
1835; A treatise on the structure, economy, and diseases of the
ear 1838, 2 ed. 1842; On some points in the physiology of the
tympanum 1854. _d._ 2 Harley st. London 7 Nov. 1855. _bur._
Kensal Green cemet. 14 Nov. _G.M. Jany. 1856 p._ 92; _Medical
times and gazette ii_ 510 (1855).
PILCHER, JOHN MONTRESOR. Second lieut. R.M. 15 Jany. 1801,
lieut. col. 11 May 1841, col. commandant 3 Nov. 1851 to 9 June
1854, when placed on retired full pay; hon. M.G. 20 June 1855.
_d._ at his residence near Worcester 18 Nov. 1873.
PILGRIM, THOMAS. _b._ 1800; associated with Francis Petit
Smith and the introduction of the screw propeller 1836 to
death; engineer of the Archimedes, the first ship ever sent to
sea propelled by the screw 1838. _d._ at his son’s residence
Plumstead, Kent 6 Oct. 1871. _The Times 11 Oct. 1871 p._ 7.
PILKINGTON, SIR ANDREW. _b._ about 1767; ensign Elford’s corps
7 March 1783, placed on h.p. 1783; lieut. independent company
24 Jany. 1791, placed on h.p.; lieut. 2 foot 19 Feb. 1793,
captain 2 March 1795; lieut. 3 foot guards 11 Jany. 1800, placed
on h.p. 1802; captain 48 foot 9 July 1803; commanded the light
company on board Royal George in lord Howe’s action 1 June 1794;
employed in the West Indies, present at capture of Trinidad
1795–7; served in suppression of the Irish rebellion 1798;
served in the expeditions to the Helder 1799 and 1805; assistant
A.G. at the horse guards 1807–8, and D.A.G. in Nova Scotia
1809–15; col. of 82 foot 10 May 1841 and of 20 foot 25 Nov. 1850
to death; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 19 July 1838; L.G. 23 Nov.
1841; purchased Catsfield place, Battle, Sussex, from James
Eversfield. _d._ Catsfield place 23 Feb. 1853. _Royal military
calendar iv_ 261 (1820); _G.M. xxxix_ 436 (1850).
PILKINGTON, LIONEL SCOTT (only son of Redmond Wm. Pilkington,
architect, London 1789–1844). _b._ Kensington, London 5 May
1831; educ. Rugby 1844; resided at Hatfield, Ash Hill, near
Doncaster 1844 to death; served sir Joseph Henry Hawley as groom
1851, and was known as Jack Hawley for the rest of his life;
clever in disguising himself; served as a sailor, as a butcher,
and as a groom to several trainers; a Roman catholic, went
to Rome and presented 2 horses to the Pope and received from
him a cross; always dressed himself as a groom and refused to
associate in any good society, although he owned much property.
_d._ Hatfield 25 Dec. 1875. _bur._ in his hunting costume in his
paddock in the midst of the graves of his horses and cattle,
left his Hatfield property to his groom John Harris, and his
London property to Wiggins, the son of an old servant. _Life and
eccentricities of Lionel Scott Pilkington alias Jack Hawley_
(1876) _portrait_; _W. Smith’s Old Yorkshire iii_ 126–8 (1882).
PILLANS, JAMES (son of James Pillans, printer). _b._ Edinburgh
April 1778; educ. Edinb. high school and univ., M.A. 30 Jany.
1801, LL.D. 22 April 1863; a private tutor at Eton college;
rector of the high school Edinb. Jany. 1810 to Aug. 1820;
introduced a monitorial system and attracted pupils from all
parts of the world; professor of humanity and laws in univ.
of Edinb. 17 Aug. 1820, resigned 11 April 1863; made tours to
inspect the educational systems of France, Ireland, Prussia,
and Switzerland; gave evidence before the committee of house
of commons on education 1834; an early advocate for compulsory
education; edited Eclogæ Ciceronianæ 1845; Excerpta ex Taciti
annalibus 1848; The five latter books of the first decade of
Livy 1849; author of Outlines of geography, principally ancient,
Edinb. 1847; First steps in the physical and classical geography
of the ancient world, Edinb. 1853, 13 ed. 1882; Elements of
physical and classical geography 1854; Contributions to the
cause of education 1856; Educational papers, Edinb. 1862. _d._
41 Inverleith row, Edinburgh 27 March 1864. _bur._ in graveyard
of St. Cuthbert’s church, Edinb. 1 April. _Memoir of James
Pillans By an old student_ (1869); _Grant’s Story of the univ.
of Edinb. ii_ 80, 84, 320–2 (1884); _Proc. of Royal soc. of
Edinb. v_ 303 (1866).