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GB-2014-WSA-13985 · Person · 1783-1853

PINDAR, JOHN REGINALD, 3RD EARL BEAUCHAMP, brother of William Beauchamp Lygon, 2nd Earl Beauchamp (qv); bapt. 18 Dec 1783; adm.; in school list 1797; Min. Can. 1797; KS 1798; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1802, matr. 29 May 1802, Westminster Student; BA 1806; MA 1808; assumed surname of Pindar in lieu of Lygon 22 Oct 1813; succ. brother as 3rd Earl Beauchamp 12 May 1823; took Conservative whip in House of Lords; m. 1st, 14 Mar 1814 Lady Charlotte Scott, only dau. of John Scott, 1st Earl of Clonmell (I), Lord Chief Justice of the King’s Bench (I); m. 2nd, 11 Feb 1850 Hon. Catharine Cave Otway, widow of Capt. Henry Murray, 2nd Foot Guards, and fourth dau. of Henry Otway, Castle Otway, co. Tipperary and Sarah, Baroness Braye; d. 22 Jan 1853.

Pindar
GB-2014-WSA-01131 · Person
GB-2014-WSA-13984 · Person · 1810-1898

PINCKNEY, WILLIAM PHILIP, third son of Rev. John Hearne Pinckney DD, Laleham, Middlesex, and Harriet, dau. of John Lockton, Clanville Hall, Weyhill, Hampshire; b. 22 Mar 1810; adm. 15 Sep 1818 (Packharness'); left Bartholomewtide 1827; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Jan 1828; BA 1832; MA 1836; adm. Gray’s Inn 16 Nov 1836; ordained deacon 12 Jun 1840, priest 1843 (both Lincoln); Curate, Moulsoe, Bucks., 1843-7; Vicar of Rotherfield Grays, Oxfordshire 1848-89; m. 28 Dec 1842 Etheldred, second dau. of Roger Baskett, Tickhill, Yorks.; d. 17 Nov 1898.

Pinckney, Thomas, 1750-1828
GB-2014-WSA-13983 · Person · 1750-1828

PINCKNEY, THOMAS, brother of Charles Cotesworth Pinckney (qv); b. 23 Oct 1750; in school lists 1764-7; Head Town Boy; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 23 Nov 1768; Military Academy, Caen, France; adm. Middle Temple 16 Dec 1768, called to bar 25 Nov 1774; returned to Carolina 1775 and commenced practise at bar there; Capt., 1st Regt. Carolina troops in revolutionary army on outbreak of rebellion; escaped from Charleston before its surrender; wounded and taken prisoner at battle of Camden, where he acted as ADC to Gen. Gates; US Minister to England 1792; negotiated Treaty of San Ildefonso with Spain 1794; returned to USA 1796; one of American Commissioners who signed the abortive Treaty of London 31 Dec 1806; Major-Gen. commanding Southern Division 1812; took part in campaign against the Creeks, whom he defeated at Horse Shoe Bend; twice elected to Congress as Federalist; Governor of South Carolina; m. 1st, 22 Jul 1779 Elizabeth, dau. of Jacob Motte, Public Treasurer of South Carolina; m. 2nd, 19 Oct 1797 Frances, widow of John Middleton (qv), and sister of his first wife; d. 2 Nov 1828.

GB-2014-WSA-13982 · Person · ca. 1745-1825

PINCKNEY, CHARLES COTESWORTH, elder son of Col. Charles Pinckney, Charleston, South Carolina, North America, Commissioner Colony of Carolina in London, and his second wife Eliza, eldest dau. of Lieut. -Col. George Lucas, Governor of Antigua; b. 25 Feb 1745/6; at school under Markham (H. H. Ravenel, Eliza Pinckney, 1896, 209-12); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Jan 1764; adm. Middle Temple 24 Jan 1764, called to bar 27 Jan 1769; returned to Charleston 1769; took part in political agitation against British rule and elected to Provincial Congress; Capt., 1st Regt. Carolina troops in revolutionary army on outbreak of rebellion; ADC to Washington 1777; served under General Hare 1778; in command Fort Moultrie during siege of Charleston 1780, and became prisoner of war on its capitulation; delegate to Convention which framed constitution of the USA, to the State Convention that ratified it and to the State Constitutional Convention 1790; declined seat on US Supreme Court and Cabinet office under Washington; US Minister to France 1796; on his return, elected to Congress as Federalist; defeated candidate for Vice-Presidency of US 1800 and for Presidency 1804; held rank of Maj. -Gen. in US Army; m. 1st, 28 Sep 1773 Sarah, sister of Arthur Middleton (qv); m. 2nd, 23 Jun 1786 Mary, dau. of Benjamin Stead; d. 26 Aug 1825.

Pinckney, ---, fl. 1795
GB-2014-WSA-13981 · Person · fl. 1795

PINCKNEY, ---; b.; in school list 1795.

GB-2014-WSA-13980 · Person · ca. 1732-1822

PINCKE, ALURED, son of Alured Pincke, Ingatestone, Essex, [barrister, Lincoln’s Inn ?], and Elizabeth, widow of George Nevill, 12th Baron Abergavenny, and dau. of Col. Edward Thornycroft, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jul 1742 (Stephens'); left 1749; apprenticed to Hugh Hamersley, Lincoln’s Inn, attorney 6 Apr 1749; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 20 Jan 1748/9, called to bar 13 Jun 1755; of Sharsted Court, Kent; m. 21 Dec 1758 (IGI) Mary, dau. of Thomas Faunce, St. Mary’s Hall, Kent; d. 14 Apr 1822.

Pinchback, John, fl. 1677
GB-2014-WSA-13979 · Person · fl. 1677

PINCHBACK, JOHN, son of John Pinchback, London; b.; adm.; KS 1677; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1679, adm. pens. 26 Jun 1679, aged 18, scholar 1680, matr. 1682; Craven Scholar 1682; 10th in “ordo” 1682/3; BA 1682/3; MA 1686; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1685 – c. 1695; ordained deacon (London) 20 Dec 1685, priest (Chester for London) 24 Oct 1686; Perpetual Curate of St. James’s, Duke Place, London 11 Mar 1686-1700; Perpetual Curate of Northaw, Herts., 1693-1723; Rector of Egmere, Norfolk 1702-20.

GB-2014-WSA-13978 · Person · 1910-1983

Pimm, Arthur Drummond Williams, son of Arthur Watson Pimm AMICE, of Weybridge, Sur­rey, and Mary Jane, d. of James Tude of Hertford; b. 16 June 1910; adm. May 1924 (A); left Apr. 1927; Univ. Coll. Lond., BSc 1933; AFRAeS 1939; stress calculator for aircraft 1936-42; tech. asst Air Screw Co. 1942-4; experimental officer Min. of Aviation, Min. of Technology and Min. of Defence 1960-72; higher scientific officer Min. of Defence, retd 1973; m. 23 Aug. 1956 Maria Margaretha Lilian, d. of Franz Xavier Weiss of Orpington, Kent.; d. 1983.

Pilleau, Henry, 1813-1899
GB-2014-WSA-13977 · Person · 1813-1899

PILLEAU, HENRY, son of Henry Pilleau, and Frances --- (IGI); nephew of Sir William Franklin MD KCH FRCP (Ed), Principal Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals, Army Medical Dept.; b. 3 May 1813; adm. 24 Sep 1827 (Stikeman's); left Jul 1828; MRCS LSA 1835; Assistant Surgeon, 63rd Foot 22 Jan 1836; Surgeon, 70th Foot 14 Apr 1846; Surgeon-Maj., 7 Jun 1854; half-pay, with hon. rank Deputy Inspector-Gen. of Hospitals 3 Nov 1856; retd. 24 May 1861; amateur painter in water colour; exhibited at Royal Academy 1850-80; R. I. 1882; author, Sketches in Egypt, 1845; m. 18 Feb 1840 Louisa Ann Perigal (IGI); m. 2nd, [?], Mary, widow of Hugh Edwards Johnstone, Broncroft, Ludlow, Shropshire, and eldest dau. of Henry Tudor, Portland Place, London; d. 28 Jul 1899.