| 1. | Roger Leonard (Albert) Pilkington was born on 26 Sep 1902 in Ruabon, Wrexham, Clwyd, Wales UK; died on 4 Sep 1960 in Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England UK. 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.
Died:
His estate was valued at £1,290,024 gross, £1,266,783 net (duty paid, £451,651) (The Times [London] 11 May 1961).
Roger married Helen (Michel) Rodocanachi on 15 Sep 1930 in Gloucestershire, England UK. Helen (daughter of Michel Michel (Michael) Rodocanachi and Despina (George) Scaramanga) was born on 6 Jan 1898 in London, England UK; was christened on 19 Feb 1898 in St Sophia, Moscow Road, Bayswater, London, England UK; died after 1939. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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1902 - 1960 (57 years)