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Robert Pilkington (English MP)
Robert
Pilkington
, of
Rivington, Lancashire
and
Gray's Inn
,
London
, was an
English politician
.
He was a
Member of the Parliament
of
England
for
Clitheroe
in
1589
.
Born
as the
eldest
child
of
George Pilkington
of the
Pilkington Family
of
Rivington
in
Lancashire
he
inherited
the
Manor of Rivington
on his father's
death
, his
Uncle
James Pilkington
became the first
Church of England
Bishop of Durham
.