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443 PEERS, BARONETS, BISHOPS, PRIVY COUNSELLORS [PLUNKET PILE, 1st Bt. (U.K.). Great. 24 Sept. 1900.— Sir Thomas Devereux Pile, s. of Thomas Pile, formerly of Devonsliire, by Anne, dau. of George Poole. B. in Ireland 27 Feb. 185G ; m. 3 May, 1882, Caroline Maude, dau. of John Mann Nicliol- son ; ed. at Wesley Coll., Dublin ; High Sheriff 1898, Lord Mayor 1900 ; D.L., J. P., Dublin. Residence — Kenilworth House, Willesden Lano, N.W. Club — Royal Societies. Issue — 1. Feederick Alfred Pile, b. l-i Sept. 1SS4 : lleut. R.H.A. sluce 1907. 2. Walter Devereux Pile, b. 24 Jau. 1887. 3. Cvril Jolrn Pile, b. 27 May, 1897. 1. Eileen Maud. PILKINGTON, 12th Bt. (Scot.). Creat. 29 June, 1(336. — Sir Thomas Edward Milborne- SwlNNBRTON-PlLKINGTON, S. of 11th Bt. B. 9 Dec. 1857 ; m. 23 July, 1895, Lady Kathleen Mary Alexine Cuffe, o. c. of 4th Earl of Desart ; sue. his father 1901 ; ed. at Eton and Oxford : M.A. 1883 ; late major 60th Rifles, and hon. col. and It-col. comndg. Gth Batt. King's Rov. Rifle Corps (res.); mai. Reserve of Officers ; j'P., W.R. Yorks (High Sheriff of York- shire 1911) ; patron of 2 livings. This family is descended from Leonard Pilkington, of Pilkington Tower, Lancashire, who was living temp. Henry I ; and numbered amongst its members the Rt. Rev. James Pilkington, Bishop of Durham in 1560, who was one of the six divines appointed to revise the Book of Common Praj'er. Residence — Chevet Park, near Wakefield, Yorkshire ; Wonastow Court, Monmouthshire ; Butterton Hall, Staffordshire. Clubs — Carlton ; Bachelors'; Naval and ililitary. Issue — 1. Arthur William Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilking- TOX, b. 7 April, 1898. 2. Ulick O'Connor Milborne-Swinnerton-Pilkington, b. 5 Feb. 1903. 1. Phyllis. 2. Pamela Irene. Sir LI.OMEL MiLBORNE-SWINNERTON-PlLKINGTON, llTH Bt. b. 7 July, 1835; D.L., Yorks; m. 3 Feb. 1857, Isabella Elizabeth Georgiana (d. 8 Jau. 1894), o. c. of Bev. Charles Kinlcside, rector of Poling, and d. 25 June, 1901. Issue — 1. Sir Thomas Edward Milborne-Swinnerton- Pilkington, pres. Bt. 2. Ernest Milborne Milljorne-Swinnerton-Pilkiugton, b. 30 Dec. 1853 ; ed. at Camb., B.A. Residence — Dale House, Cawthorne, Barnsley. Club — Oxford and Cambridge. 3. Claude WiUiam Egerton Milborne-Swinnerton- Pilkington. b. 11 May, 1863 ; ed. at Oxford, ' M.A., capt. late 4th Batt. Argyll and Sutherland Highhs. ; m. 31 Oct. 1889, Frances Julia, dau. of William Wright, of WoUaton, Notts. Club— Oxford ! and Cambridge. j 1. Ben6e Elizabeth, m. 28 April, 1881, William | Frederick Lee, and has issue. Residence — Grove I Hall, Knottingley. 2. Ida Mary, m. 15 April, 1890, John Montague j Spencer-Stanliope, and has issue. Residence — Cannon I Hall, Barnsley. i 3. Aimge, m. 12 July, 1899, Maj. George Ayscough Armytage {see Aemytage, Bt.). 4. Veronica. PIRBRIGHT, Barony (U.K.). Extinct 9 Jan. 1903. Creat. 15 Nov. 1896. — The late Baron Henry de Worms, 1st Baron Pirbright, 3rd s. of the 1st Baron de Worms in Austria ; Boy. licence to bear title in England 1874; b. 20 Oct. 1840; M.P. for Greenwich (C.) 1880-5, for Liverpool (E. Toxteth div.) 1885. until his elevation to the peerage ; Parliamentary Sec. to Board of Trade 1885-6 and 188G-8 ; Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies 1888-92 ; P.C. 1889 ; m. 1st. 5 May, 1864, Fanny (d. 1885), dau. of Baron Von Tedesco, of Vienna : m. 2nd, Sarah (Residence — 42, GroBvenor Place, S.W.), dau. of Sir Benjamin S. Phillips, Lord Mayor of London 1865-6 (Lady of Grace of St. John of Jerusalem in England, and has Order of League of Mercy), and d. 9 Jan. 1903. Issue by 1st m. — 1. Hon. Alice Henrietta Antoinetta Evelina, m. 1st, 28 April, 1886, John Henry Boyer Warner, who d. 12 April, 1891, of Quorn Hall, Leics. ; m. 2ud, 2>* July, 1892, David McLaren Morrison, Austro-Huugarian Consul at Calcutta, and has issue. Residences — Queen Anne's Mansions, S.W. ; Kepwick Park, Xorth- allerton. 2. Hon. Dora Sophia Emmy. 3. Hon. Constance Valerie Sopliie, m. 4 Nov. 1895, Count Maximilian Carl P. Von Loewenstoin Scharft'ineck, hereditary chamberlain at the Bavarian Court, and has issue. Residence — Munich. PIRRIE, o! Belfast, 1st Baron (U.K.). Creat. 17 July, 1906; K.P. 1909; P.C. (Irel.) 1897.— William James Pirrie, s. of James Alexander Pirrie, of Little Clandeboye, co. Down, and Eliza, dau. of Alexander Montgomery, of Dmidesart, co. Antrim. B. at Quebec, 31 May, 1847 ; m. 17 April, 1879, Margaret Montgomery, dau. of John Carlisle. M.A., of Belfast ; ed. at Roy, Belfast Academical Inst. ; Chrmn. of Harland & ^'oltf, Ltd., shipbuilders and engineers, Belfast : Lord Mayor of Belfast 1896 and 1897 ; comptroller of the household of Lord-Lieut, of Ireland 1907-13 ; H.M. lieutenant of the Co. of the City of Belfast, J. P., Belfast, CO. Antrim, and co. Do^-sm ; hon. LL.D. Roy. Univ. Irel. 1899; D.Sc. Dub. 1903; high sheriff Antrim 1898, Down 1899 ; pres. Chamber of Shipping United Kingdoni 1900 ; memb. of the employers' panel for the Coiu-t of Arbitration ; member of the Road Board ; memb. committee on fuiancial relations between Ireland and U.K. 19il ; vice-president Institute of Naval Architects, and member of council Institu- tion of Mechanical Engineers, M.I.C.E. ; pro- chancellor of Queen's Univ., Belfast. Residences — Witley Park, nr. Godalming : 24, Belgrave Square, S.W. Clubs— Reform ; Ulster (Belfast) ; Kildare Street (Dub.). PLAYFAIR, 2nd Baron (U.K.), Great. 3 Sept. 1892; C.V.O. 1906. — George James Playf.air, s. of 1st Baron. B. 31 March. 1849 ; m. 1st, 4 .Jan. 1877, Lucy(d. 8 Oct. 1877), dau. of G. Matthews ; m. 2nd, 12 Jan. 1888, Mary Augusta, dau. of H. T. Hickman ; sue. his father 1898; lieut. R.A. 1870, capt. 1880, maj. 1885, It.-col. 1892, col. 1900 ; ret. 1912 as brigadier- general ; late commanding coast defences Scot- land ; hon. col. 2nd Highland Brigade R.F.A. ; was attached to Turkish army during Turko- Russian war 1877, and was present at the defence of Shipka Pass, and with Mehemet Ali in winter campaign in the Balkans (medal). Residence — Redgrave Hall, Suffolk. Club — Naval and Military. Issue by 1st m. — Hon. Lucy Jessie Lyon, m, 21 Nov. 1907, Capt. Lionel Culme Soltau-Symons, Durham L.I. Issue by 2nd m. — Hon. Lyon George Henry Lyon Playfaie, b. 19 Oct, 1888 ; lieut. R.F.A. Ly'on Playfair, 1st Baron Playfair, P.C, G.C.B., F.R.S., b. 21 May, 1818 ; a leading authority on chem- istry, prof, at Edinburgh Univ. ; M.P. for the Univs. of Edinburgh and St. Andrews 1868-85, for S. Leeds 1885- 92, Postmaster-General 1873-74, chrnm. of Ways and Means 1880-83 ; lord-in-waiting 1892-95 ; ni. 1st, 28 July, 1S46, Margaret Eliza (d, 13 Aug. 1855), dau. of James Oa'Kcs, of Ridding Hall, Alfreton ; m. 2nd, 17 Dec. 1857. Jean Ann (d. 1877), dau. of Crawley Milling- ton, of Crawley ; m. 3rd, 3 Oct. 1878, Edith (m. 2nd. -lb June, 1901, Robert Fleming Crooks; Residences — I'Z, South Audlcy Street, W. ; Ower House, St. Andrews, N.B.),and d. 29 May, 1898. Issue by 1st m. — 1. George James playfair, pres. Baron. 1. Hon. Jessie Ann, m. 1st, 5. Jan. 1869. Capt. Edmund Peel, 14th Hussars (d. 9 June, 1885 j, of Tamworth, and has issue ; m. 2ud, 10 Dec. 1889, Gen. Sir R. M.Stewart, G.C.B. (see Knightage). Issue by 2nd m. — 2. Hon. Ethel Mary Lvon, m. 1886, Maj. F. Bloomfield, late Inuiskilling Dragoons, of Djenan-es-Saouda, El Biar, Algiers, and lias issui'. PLEYDELL-BOUVERIE, Baron. See Radnor, Earl of. PLUNKET, 5th Baron (U.K.). Creat. 1 May, 1827 ; G.C^.M.G. 1910 ; K.C.M.G. 1905 ; K.C.V.O. 1903: C.V.O. 1900. — William Lee Plunket,