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George Pilkington | |
Son of George William Pilkington, of Urney, Westmeath, Ireland. |
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Date (from) | (Date to) | Event |
March 1774 | | Born. |
1801 | | Gazetted to Royal Engineers from Woolwich Academy. |
1 November 1805 | | Lieutenant. |
19 December 1806 | | Retired with honorary rank of Captain. |
1809 | | Present at capture of Martinique. |
23 June 1809 | | 8th West Indian Regiment. |
1810 | | Present at capture of Guadeloupe. |
180? | | Commander of engineers on St Kitts. |
1822 | | Civil engineer and surveyor-general of Trinidad. |
18?? | | Civil engineer and surveyor-general of Sierra Leone. |
18?? | | Travelled in Brazil in support of slave emancipation. |
December 1848 | | Civil Engineer of Cape Colony. |
18?? | | Married Charlotte Clara ???. |
3 July 1858 | | Died (Green Point, Cape Colony). |
Literature: (Dictionary of South African Biography). |