Percival Andree Pickering (8 February 1810 – 7 August 1876) was an

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first-class

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er and lawyer. Pickering was born at

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in February 1810. He made a single appearance in

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in 1846 for the

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against the

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. He batted in both Surrey Club innings', being dismissed without scoring by

William Hillyer William Richard Hillyer (5 March 1813 – 8 January 1861), was a prominent 19th century English professional cricketer for Kent County Cricket Club, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and many other sides in the days before county and international ...

in their first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by

Jemmy Dean James "Jemmy" Dean (4 January 1816 – 25 December 1881) was an English first-class cricketer with professional status. Mainly associated with Sussex, he is recorded in 305 matches from 1835 to 1861 which are designated first-class by ''Crick ...

for 3 runs. Pickering married Anne Maria Spencer-Stanhope, the daughter of

John Spencer Stanhope John Spencer Stanhope (1787–1873) was an English landowner and antiquarian. Life The son of Walter Spencer-Stanhope, he was born 27 May 1787. He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1804. Around 1807 he was in Edinburgh, and joined the Spe ...

, in 1853. He was appointed as a

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. The couple had three children: the author Anna Pickering; the chemist and horticulturist

Percival Spencer Umfreville Pickering Percival Spencer Umfreville (Spencer) Pickering (6 March 1858 – 5 December 1920) was a British chemist and horticulturist. Born to Anne Maria Spencer-Stanhope and her husband Percival Pickering, Pickering grew up in a wealthy family, and was ...

; and the painter

Evelyn De Morgan Evelyn De Morgan (30 August 1855 – 2 May 1919), née Pickering, was an English painter associated early in her career with the later phase of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement, and working in a range of styles including Aestheticism and Symbolis ...

. He died at

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in August 1876. His brother,

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, was fundamental in the formation of

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Pickering, Percival 1810 births 1876 deaths Cricketers from Greater London English cricketers Surrey Club cricketers English barristers English King's Counsel 19th-century King's Counsel 19th-century English lawyers