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

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, near

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, Yorkshire and educated at

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(1721) and Christ Church, Oxford (1725). He succeeded his father in 1716. He was appointed

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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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