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Sir Lionel Pilkington, 5th Baronet (c.1707 – 11 August 1778) was a British Member of Parliament.
He was the eldest son of Sir Lyon Pilkington, 4th Baronet of
Stanley
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, near
Wakefield
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, Yorkshire and educated at
Westminster School
(God Gives the Increase)
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, religion = Church of England
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(1721) and
Christ Church, Oxford (1725). He succeeded his father in 1716.
He was appointed
High Sheriff of Yorkshire
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for 1740–41 and elected MP for
Horsham in a by-election in 1748, sitting until 1768. He bought
Chevet Hall near Wakefield from his sister-in-law, Anne, where he lived until his death.
He died unmarried in 1778 and was buried at Wakefield. He was succeeded by his brother Sir Michael Pilkington, 6th Baronet.
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1700s births
1778 deaths
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