Lieut. General Sir Andrew Pilkington

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PILKINGTON, Sir ANDREW (1767?–1853), general, born about 1767, obtained his first commission in the army on 7 March 1783, and was promoted lieutenant 24 Jan. 1791, captain 2 March 1795, major 31 March 1804, lieutenant-colonel 5 Oct. 1809, colonel 12 Aug. 1819, major-general 22 July 1830, lieutenant-general 23 Nov. 1841.

Pilkington saw much and varied service. With the Channel fleet in 1793–4 he commanded a company of the Queen's Royals on board the Royal George on ‘the glorious first of June’ 1794, when Lord Howe defeated the French off Ushant. Pilkington received two splinter wounds. He was next employed in the West Indies, and was present at the capture of Trinidad, 1795–7. He served in Ireland in the suppression of the rebellion in 1798, and was with the expeditions to the Helder in 1799 and 1805. He was severely wounded in the defence of the Kent, East Indiaman, against a large French privateer in 1800, on his passage to India. He served on the staff at the Horse Guards in 1807–8, and in Nova Scotia from 1809 to 1815. During the latter period he commanded several successful expeditions. He reduced the islands in Passamaquody Bay, between New Brunswick and Maine, U.S. He was created K.C.B. on 19 July 1838. He died on 23 Feb. 1853 at his residence, Catsfield Place, Battle, Sussex, which he had purchased from James Eversfield, esq.

Sir Andrew married at Hayes, on 9 May 1808, Maria Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Vicary Gibbs [q. v.], who survived him, with two daughters, Maria Georgina, married to Burrell Hayley, rector of Catsfield in Sussex, on 18 July 1848, and Louisa Elizabeth, married on 1 Sept. 1853 to Richard Thomas Lee.

Andrew married Maria Elizabeth Gibbs on 9 May 1808 in Hayes, Kent. Maria (daughter of Right Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lady Frances Cerjat Kenneth Mackenzie) was born on 16 Nov 1785 in Red Lion Sq, Holborn, London; died on 25 Jul 1879 in Catsfield, Sussex. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Maria Georgiana Pilkington was born on 23 Jun 1822 in Little Sambourne, Hampshire; died on 12 Aug 1922 in Catsfield, Sussex.
2. Louise Elizabeth Pilkington was born on 14 May 1824 in Hayes, Kent; died in Nov 1893 in Catsfield, Sussex.

Thomas married Anne Philips on 19 Oct 1769 in St. Leonards, Bridgnorth, Shropshire. Anne was born in 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Baptism: 3 Apr 1745, St. Leonards, Bridgnorth, Shropshire