[1] In 1863 he married Louisa Sinclair and in 1885 he bought the Rainford Hall estate, commissioning James Medland Taylor to build a new house.

[3][4] By this time he held the rank of lieutenant-colonel, in the Volunteer Force and commanded a battalion of the South Lancashire Regiment.

[6] Pilkington held his seat at the subsequent general election in 1900, but was defeated in 1906 by a Labour candidate.

A condition in his will forbade the inheritors of his estate from permitting the construction or use of any building for the sale of intoxicating liquor.

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