Roger Leonard (Albert) Pilkington^{[1, 2, 3, 4]}

1902 - 1960  (57 years)

• Name	Roger Leonard (Albert) Pilkington
  Birth	26 Sep 1902	Ruabon, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales UK
  Gender	Male
  Death	4 Sep 1960	Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK
  	His estate was valued at £1,290,024 gross, £1,266,783 net (duty paid, £451,651) (The Times [London] 11 May 1961).
  Notes	Education: Eton. Roger Leonard Pilkington made 2nd Lt., Territorial Army, yeomanry, Shropshire, (late Cadet Cpl., Eton Coll. Contgt., Jun. Div., O.T.C.), 13 May 1923 (London Gazette 29 May 1923). Occupation: farmer Some information is from the Pedigree Resource File of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), submitted by William Guy Fletcher, 25 ave du General de Gaulle, MERE, Yvelines, 78490, France. Residence: at DOD, Hinchwick Farm, , Stow-on-the-Wold, Gloucestershire, England. His divorce that allowed for his marriage to Helen received coverage in The Times 23 Nov 1928: "In this petition Mrs. Heather Forster Pilkington, nee chapman, of Cornwall Mews, South Kensington, prayed for the dissolution of her marriage with Mr. Roger Leonard Pilkington, of Lock View, Maidenhead, Berkshire, on the ground of his adultery with Mrs. Cara Chambers, whose portrait was hung in the Royal Academy of 1927 as that of "Mrs. Roger Pilkington." By his answer the respondent denied the charges, but he did not now contest the petition." 1933-1939 UK Electoral Registers for Hinchwick Manor, Gloucestershire, England: Roger Leonard Pilkington and Helen Pilkington. The 1911 Wales census for the household at Erbistock Hall, Ruabon, Denbighshire, Wales headed by Rosina Stretton Pilkington, 37, widowed, b. Lytham, Lancashire, private means; son Roger Leonard Pilkington, 8, b. Erbistock, Ruabon; and 7 servants. 1921 Census Of England & Wales includes: Roger L Pilkington, b. 1902, Erbistock, Denbighshire, Wales; Rosina Stretton Pilkington, b. 1878, Lytham, Lancashire; Evelyn C Pilkington, b. 1875, Roby, Lancashire; Sholto O G Douglas, b. 1873; for a household in Wrexham, Denbighshire. The 1939 England and Wales Register for the address Hinchwick, North Cotswold, Gloucestershire, lists Roger L Pilkington, b. 26 Sep 1902, Private Means Owner Occupier Mixed Farm; wife Helen Pilkington, b. 6 Jan 1900, Private Means Unpaid Domestic Duties.
  Person ID	I1691	Negroponte-Agelasto
  Last Modified	10 Feb 2022

  
  

  Father	Albert Leonard (William) Pilkington,   b. 1 Dec 1871, Prescot, Lancashire, England UK d. 16 Aug 1908, Erbistock Hall, Wrexham, Wales UK (Age 36 years)
  Mother	Rosina Stretton (Thomas) Fair,   b. 12 Jul 1874, Lancashire, England UK d. 7 Nov 1964, Gloucestershire, England UK (Age 90 years)
  Marriage	24 Jan 1899	Parish Church, Lytham, Lancashire, England UK
  Documents		Pilkington - Fair 1899 Marriage
  Family ID	F724	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Helen (Michel) Rodocanachi,   b. 6 Jan 1898, London, England UK d. Aft 1939 (Age 41 years)
  Marriage	15 Sep 1930	Gloucestershire, England UK
  	He had a prior marriage to Heather Chapman, 1927, and a third marriage in 1954 (LDS). Their marriage was announced in The Times (London) 17 Sep 1930, pg. 15.
  Photos		Hinchwick Manor Where Roger and Helen Pilkington lived, until his death in 1960, unless she died earlier. Photo courtesy wikipedia.
  Family ID	F723	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	11 Jan 2018

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 26 Sep 1902 - Ruabon, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales UK Marriage - 15 Sep 1930 - Gloucestershire, England UK Death - 4 Sep 1960 - Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  Roger Leonard Pilkington UK 1961 Probate

  
  

• Sources

  [S82] UK National Probate Calendar Indexes, 1858-1966, 1973-1995. [S120] 1911 Wales census. [S154] 1921 Census of England and Wales - 19 Jun 1921. [S124] 1939 England and Wales Register.