Sir George Augustus Pilkington (7 October 1848 – 28 January 1916) was an English doctor and

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politician. Pilkington was born at Upwell, Cambridgeshire, as George Augustus Coombe, the son of R. G. Coombe a surgeon. He was educated privately and trained for medicine at

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, London. He became MRCS Eng and LSA in 1870. He practiced medicine in

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from 1870 to 1884 when he was House Surgeon to Southport Infirmary, Medical Officer of the North Meols District, Ormskirk Union, Surgeon to the Royal Naval Artillery Volunteers, and Medical Officer to the Southport Convalescent Hospital and the Southport Infirmary. W B Tracy, and W T Pike ''Lancashire at the Opening of the Twentieth Century: Contemporary Biographies'' 1903 Page 155
/ref> He married Mary Elizabeth Pilkington, daughter of

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, former MP for

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in 1876 and changed his name to Pilkington on the death of his brother-in-law. Pilkington was Mayor of Southport from 1884 to 1885 In 1885, he was elected

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for

but lost the seat in 1886. He was a councillor and alderman on Lancashire County Council, Deputy Lieutenant, J.P., and Honorary Colonel of the 3rd Liverpool Volunteer Regiment until October 1902. Pilkington was knighted in 1893. He won the seat at Southport again in a by-election in 1899, but lost it again at the 1900 general election. He was

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in 1911.British Medical Journal Obituary February 1916
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pilkington, George Augustus 1848 births 1916 deaths Members of Lancashire County Council Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1885–1886 UK MPs 1895–1900 High Sheriffs of Lancashire 19th-century British medical doctors Knights Bachelor