i_ 434 (1862).
PILCHER, GEORGE (son of Jeremiah Pilcher of Winkfield,
Berkshire). _b._ 30 April 1801; M.R.C.S. 2 April 1824, hon.
F.R.C.S. 1843, member of council 1849 to death; surgeon in
Dean st. Soho, London 1824; lecturer on anatomy, physiology,
and surgery at the Webb st. school of medicine Snow’s Fields,
Bermondsey; consulting surgeon to the Surrey dispensary many
years; president of Medical society of London 1842, received the
Fothergill gold medal; lecturer upon surgery at St. George’s
hospital 6 July 1843; one of the best aural surgeons in England;
author of Essay on the physiology of the excito-motory system
1835; A treatise on the structure, economy, and diseases of the
ear 1838, 2 ed. 1842; On some points in the physiology of the
tympanum 1854. _d._ 2 Harley st. London 7 Nov. 1855. _bur._
Kensal Green cemet. 14 Nov. _G.M. Jany. 1856 p._ 92; _Medical
times and gazette ii_ 510 (1855).
PILCHER, JOHN MONTRESOR. Second lieut. R.M. 15 Jany. 1801,
lieut. col. 11 May 1841, col. commandant 3 Nov. 1851 to 9 June
1854, when placed on retired full pay; hon. M.G. 20 June 1855.
_d._ at his residence near Worcester 18 Nov. 1873.
PILGRIM, THOMAS. _b._ 1800; associated with Francis Petit
Smith and the introduction of the screw propeller 1836 to
death; engineer of the Archimedes, the first ship ever sent to
sea propelled by the screw 1838. _d._ at his son’s residence
Plumstead, Kent 6 Oct. 1871. _The Times 11 Oct. 1871 p._ 7.
PILKINGTON, SIR ANDREW. _b._ about 1767; ensign Elford’s corps
7 March 1783, placed on h.p. 1783; lieut. independent company
24 Jany. 1791, placed on h.p.; lieut. 2 foot 19 Feb. 1793,
captain 2 March 1795; lieut. 3 foot guards 11 Jany. 1800, placed
on h.p. 1802; captain 48 foot 9 July 1803; commanded the light
company on board Royal George in lord Howe’s action 1 June 1794;
employed in the West Indies, present at capture of Trinidad
1795–7; served in suppression of the Irish rebellion 1798;
served in the expeditions to the Helder 1799 and 1805; assistant
A.G. at the horse guards 1807–8, and D.A.G. in Nova Scotia
1809–15; col. of 82 foot 10 May 1841 and of 20 foot 25 Nov. 1850
to death; C.B. 4 June 1815, K.C.B. 19 July 1838; L.G. 23 Nov.
1841; purchased Catsfield place, Battle, Sussex, from James
Eversfield. _d._ Catsfield place 23 Feb. 1853. _Royal military
calendar iv_ 261 (1820); _G.M. xxxix_ 436 (1850).
PILKINGTON, LIONEL SCOTT (only son of Redmond Wm. Pilkington,
architect, London 1789–1844). _b._ Kensington, London 5 May
1831; educ. Rugby 1844; resided at Hatfield, Ash Hill, near
Doncaster 1844 to death; served sir Joseph Henry Hawley as groom
1851, and was known as Jack Hawley for the rest of his life;
clever in disguising himself; served as a sailor, as a butcher,
and as a groom to several trainers; a Roman catholic, went
to Rome and presented 2 horses to the Pope and received from
him a cross; always dressed himself as a groom and refused to
associate in any good society, although he owned much property.
_d._ Hatfield 25 Dec. 1875. _bur._ in his hunting costume in his
paddock in the midst of the graves of his horses and cattle,
left his Hatfield property to his groom John Harris, and his
London property to Wiggins, the son of an old servant. _Life and
eccentricities of Lionel Scott Pilkington alias Jack Hawley_
(1876) _portrait_; _W. Smith’s Old Yorkshire iii_ 126–8 (1882).
PILLANS, JAMES (son of James Pillans, printer). _b._ Edinburgh
April 1778; educ. Edinb. high school and univ., M.A. 30 Jany.
1801, LL.D. 22 April 1863; a private tutor at Eton college;
rector of the high school Edinb. Jany. 1810 to Aug. 1820;
introduced a monitorial system and attracted pupils from all
parts of the world; professor of humanity and laws in univ.
of Edinb. 17 Aug. 1820, resigned 11 April 1863; made tours to
inspect the educational systems of France, Ireland, Prussia,
and Switzerland; gave evidence before the committee of house
of commons on education 1834; an early advocate for compulsory
education; edited Eclogæ Ciceronianæ 1845; Excerpta ex Taciti
annalibus 1848; The five latter books of the first decade of
Livy 1849; author of Outlines of geography, principally ancient,
Edinb. 1847; First steps in the physical and classical geography
of the ancient world, Edinb. 1853, 13 ed. 1882; Elements of
physical and classical geography 1854; Contributions to the
cause of education 1856; Educational papers, Edinb. 1862. _d._
41 Inverleith row, Edinburgh 27 March 1864. _bur._ in graveyard
of St. Cuthbert’s church, Edinb. 1 April. _Memoir of James
Pillans By an old student_ (1869); _Grant’s Story of the univ.
of Edinb. ii_ 80, 84, 320–2 (1884); _Proc. of Royal soc. of
Edinb. v_ 303 (1866).
PILLING, RICHARD. _b._ Bedford 5 July 1855; played in a match
Sussex _v._ Lancashire at Old Trafford 1877; wicket keeper for
Lancashire 1877–89; played in Gentlemen _v._ Players at Lord’s
1879, and in Lancashire _v._ Surrey at Liverpool 1885; had a
benefit under the Lancashire cricket club auspices which gave
him £1,700, 1889; went to Australia with Shaw and Shrewsbury’s
first combination 1881–82, when he had a sun stroke from which
he never quite recovered, went to Australia with the fourth
combination 1887–88; caught cold in a football match 1890; the
Lancashire club sent him to Australia for his health 1890;
with the exception of Blackham the best wicket keeper of his
day. _d._ at his house in Manchester 28 March 1891. _Wisden’s
Cricketers’ almanack_ (1891) _p. xxxiii portrait_, (1892) _p.
xxxii_; _Times 30 March 1891 p._ 7; _Graphic 4 April 1891 p._
386 _portrait_.
PIM, BEDFORD CLAPPERTON TREVELYAN (only son of Edward Bedford
Pim, lieut. R.N., _d._ 1830). _b._ Bideford, Devon 12 June 1826;
entered navy 1842; made a voyage round the world in the Herald
1845–51; lieut. 2 Oct. 1850; served under sir Edward Belcher in
the western division of his Arctic search expedition from 21
April 1852; commanded the gunboat Magpie in the Baltic 1854–6,
and the Banterer in the Chinese war 1857–8; commanded the Gorgon
1859–61; originated and surveyed the Nicaraguan route across
the Isthmus 1860; purchased a bay on the Atlantic shore, now
known as Gorgon or Pim’s Bay 1860; commanded the Fury 1861;
captain 16 April 1868, retired 1 April 1870; retired R.A. 5
July 1885; made three journeys to Nicaragua in reference to his
traffic transit scheme March 1863, Oct. 1863, and Nov. 1864; the
Nicaraguan railway company limited was registered Nov. 1866, was
dissolved July 1868; barrister I.T. 27 Jany. 1873, barrister
G.I. 19 Feb. 1873; went the western circuit; contested Totnes
12 July 1865; contested Gravesend 18 Nov. 1868; M.P. Gravesend
1874–80; F.R.G.S. Nov. 1851; A.I.C.E. 9 April 1861; member of
Anthropological institute 1871 to death, member of council
1871–4; author of An earnest appeal on behalf of the missing
Arctic expedition 1857, 5 ed. 1857; The gate of the Pacific
1863; An essay on feudal tenures 1871; War chronicle, with
memoirs of Napoleon III and of the emperor king William I 1873;
The Eastern question, past, present and future 1877; Gems from
Greenwich hospital 1881; author with Beethold Seeman of Dottings
on the roadside in Panama, Nicaragua, and Mosquito 1869. _d._
Deal 30 Sept. 1886, memorial brass tablet and window at west
end of church of Seamen’s institute, Bristol. _Min. of proc. of
Instit. of C.E. lxxxviii_ 448–54 (1887).
PIM, JONATHAN (son of Thomas Pim, merchant, Dublin). _b._ 1806;
partner in firm of Pim Brothers & Co. poplin manufacturers,
cotton spinners, linen weavers, and flour millers 22 William
st. Dublin; M.P. Dublin city 17 July 1865 to 26 Jany. 1874;
contested Dublin 7 Feb. 1874; author of The condition and
prospects of Ireland 1848; Ireland and the imperial parliament