About Robert Pilkington
Lived 1560 – 1605 (aged 44–45). Robert Pilkington was a politician.
Robert Pilkington (ca. 15601605), of Rivington, Lancashire and Gray's Inn, London, was an English politician.
He was a member (MP) of the parliament of England for Clitheroe in 1589.
Born as the eldest child of George Pilkington of the Pilkington Family of Rivington in Lancashire he inherited the Manor of Rivington on his father's death, his Uncle James Pilkington became the first Church of England Bishop of Durham.
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Who was Robert Pilkington?
Member of the Parliament of England for Clitheroe
When was Robert Pilkington born?
Robert Pilkington was born in 1560.
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Robert Pilkington died in 1605.
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Robert Pilkington was a politician.
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