Sir Richard Pilkington | |
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Member of Parliament for Widnes | |
In office 14 November 1935 – 15 June 1945 | |
Preceded by | Roland Robinson |
Succeeded by | Christopher Nyholm Shawcross |
Member of Parliament for Poole | |
In office 25 October 1951 – 25 September 1964 | |
Preceded by | Mervyn Wheatley |
Succeeded by | Oscar Murton |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 May 1908 St Helens, Lancashire, UK |
Died | 9 December 1976 | (aged 68)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Rosemary Kidwell, née Russell-Roberts |
Children | Three daughters |
Parent(s) | Arthur Richard Pilkington and Marjorie Cope |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Sir Richard Antony Pilkington, KBE, MC (10 May 1908 – 9 December 1976) was a British Conservative Party politician and a soldier in the British Army. [1]
Richard Pilkington was born in St Helens to the Chairman of the Pilkington glass works, Arthur Pilkington, and Marjorie Cope, daughter of the painter Arthur Stockdale Cope. [2] He was educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford. He worked and travelled in North America from 1928 until 1930 when he joined the Coldstream Guards as an officer, [3] serving in Sudan and Egypt. [4]
In 1935 he resigned his commission to enter politics and was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Widnes in Lancashire. [5] He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Oliver Stanley. [6] On the outbreak of the Second World War he rejoined the Army and travelled to France with the British Expeditionary Force. [7] He was awarded the Military Cross after returning with one of the last groups from Dunkirk in 1940. [8]
He left the Army again in 1942 and became a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, leading naval missions to India, Ceylon and Burma. [9] He lost his seat to Christopher Shawcross in 1945 and lost again in 1950. In 1951 he won election as Member of Parliament for Poole in Dorset, [10] a seat he held until his retirement from politics in 1964 after a car accident and the onset of Parkinson's disease. He died from the disease in 1976 at the age of 68. [11]
Richard Pilkington was also known for his collection of cars, all red, a passion shared by his nephew Sir Antony Pilkington. [12]
Sir Richard Pilkington | |
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Member of Parliament for Widnes | |
In office 14 November 1935 – 15 June 1945 | |
Preceded by | Roland Robinson |
Succeeded by | Christopher Nyholm Shawcross |
Member of Parliament for Poole | |
In office 25 October 1951 – 25 September 1964 | |
Preceded by | Mervyn Wheatley |
Succeeded by | Oscar Murton |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 May 1908 St Helens, Lancashire, UK |
Died | 9 December 1976 | (aged 68)
Political party | Conservative |
Spouse(s) | Rosemary Kidwell, née Russell-Roberts |
Children | Three daughters |
Parent(s) | Arthur Richard Pilkington and Marjorie Cope |
Alma mater | Christ Church, Oxford |
Sir Richard Antony Pilkington, KBE, MC (10 May 1908 – 9 December 1976) was a British Conservative Party politician and a soldier in the British Army. [1]
Richard Pilkington was born in St Helens to the Chairman of the Pilkington glass works, Arthur Pilkington, and Marjorie Cope, daughter of the painter Arthur Stockdale Cope. [2] He was educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford. He worked and travelled in North America from 1928 until 1930 when he joined the Coldstream Guards as an officer, [3] serving in Sudan and Egypt. [4]
In 1935 he resigned his commission to enter politics and was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Widnes in Lancashire. [5] He served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Oliver Stanley. [6] On the outbreak of the Second World War he rejoined the Army and travelled to France with the British Expeditionary Force. [7] He was awarded the Military Cross after returning with one of the last groups from Dunkirk in 1940. [8]
He left the Army again in 1942 and became a Civil Lord of the Admiralty, leading naval missions to India, Ceylon and Burma. [9] He lost his seat to Christopher Shawcross in 1945 and lost again in 1950. In 1951 he won election as Member of Parliament for Poole in Dorset, [10] a seat he held until his retirement from politics in 1964 after a car accident and the onset of Parkinson's disease. He died from the disease in 1976 at the age of 68. [11]
Richard Pilkington was also known for his collection of cars, all red, a passion shared by his nephew Sir Antony Pilkington. [12]