PHIPSON, Wilson Weatherley (3 son of Samuel Ryland Phipson of the Cedars, Putney). b. Ladywood, near Birmingham 31 Aug. 1838; educ. Brussels 1847, and at Ecole des Ponts et chaussées, Paris 1857; assisted Van Hecke of Brussels to warm and ventilate the hospitals Neckar and Beaujon, Paris; an engineer London 1859, warmed and ventilated baron Rothschild’s residence Piccadilly and his offices in St. Swithin’s lane, the Albert hall, the Natural history museum, Exeter hall, Criterion theatre, etc.; ventilated Birmingham town hall 1891; A.I.C.E. 12 Jany. 1869, M.I.C.E. 26 Feb. 1878; engineer at 14 John st. Adelphi, resided at Long Clawson, Leicester. d. Putney 21 Oct. 1891. Min. of proc. of Instit. of C.E. cviii 406–8 (1892); W. W. Phipson, a memoir (1892).
PICCOPE, George John (1 son of John Piccope, P.C. of St. Paul’s, Manchester). b. Manchester 1818; educ. Manchester free gr. sch. 1831 and Brasenose coll. Oxf.; Hulme exhibitioner 1841; B.A. 1842, M.A. 1845; C. of Brindle near Chorley 1849–64; C. of Yarwell, Northants 1864 to death; he edited for the Chetham soc. Lancashire and Cheshire wills, 3 vols. 1857–61, and transcribed Lancashire and Cheshire wills, new series, vol. 3, 1884; for the Record Society with J. Piccope he edited An index to the wills and inventories at Chester, vol. 2, 1879. d. Yarwell 22 Feb. 1872. Admission register, Manchester school iii 239 (1874).
PICKARD, Arthur Frederick (3 son of J. H. W. Pickard of Southampton). b. 12 April 1841; lieut. R.A. 22 June 1858, major 16 Oct. 1878 to death; served in New Zealand during wars of 1860–1 and 1863–4, V.C. 22 Sept. 1864 for gallant conduct during assault on Rangiriri 20 Nov. 1863 in rendering assistance to the wounded while under fire; C.B. 15 March 1879; equerry to prince Arthur. d. Cannes 1 March 1880. bur. Cannes 4 March. R. W. O’Byrne’s The Victoria Cross (1880) 40, 71.
PICKARD, Benjamin Spencer (son of James Pickard, captain R.N.). b. 1821; sub-lieutenant R.N. 3 Nov. 1837, captain 12 Dec. 1863, retired 7 March 1875; retired R.A. 2 Aug. 1879, retired V.A. 1 July 1885; served during operations in river Plate 1845–6, and in Russian war 1854–5. d. 34 Blessington road, Lee, Kent 12 Aug. 1890.
PICKERING, Basil Montagu (only son of Wm. Pickering 1796–1854). b. 1835; a godson of Basil Montagu the author; employed by James Toovey the bookseller; publisher and dealer in rare books at 196 Piccadilly, London 1858 to death; published Swinburne’s Queen Mother and Rosamund 1860; Locker’s London lyrics 1862; J. H. Frere’s Works 1872; Cardinal Newman’s Miscellaneous writings 1875–7; and a facsimile reprint of the first edition of Milton’s Paradise Lost collated by B. M. Pickering 1873; author of Lord Selborne’s letter to The Times on the Public worship regulation bill and an answer by A Layman 1874. d. 196 Piccadilly, London 8 Feb. 1878. Bookseller March 1878 p. 210; Athenæum i 221 (1878).
PICKERING, Edward Hayes (eld. son of Edward Rowland Pickering). b. 1809; educ. Eton 1817–26, and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A. 1830, M.A. 1833, fellow of St. John’s coll. 1833; assistant master Eton Jany. 1830 to death; was ordained in 1830; played at Lord’s in Harrow v. Eton 30 July 1824, also in 1825 and 1826; an elegant batsman; played in Gentlemen v. Players 1844 etc. d. Eton 19 May 1852. bur. in the school chapel. Lillywhite’s Cricket scores i 500 (1862), v p. xiii (1876); G.M. July 1852 pp. 97–8.
PICKERING, Edward Rowland. b. 1778; solicitor in London in partnership with George Andree 1800, practised alone 1801–11, in partnership with George Smith 1811–32, and with George Smith and Edward Tompson at 4 Stone buildings, Lincoln’s inn 1832 to death; member of council of Incorporated law society 24 June 1845 to death, vice-president 1845–6, president 1846–7. d. Clapham old town, Clapham 29 Nov. 1859.
PICKERING, George. b. Yorkshire 1794 or 1795; succeeded George Cuitt junior as a drawing-master in Chester; non-resident member of the Liverpool academy 1827, where he exhibited many water-colour pictures; drew the landscapes that are engraved by E. F. Finden in Roby’s Traditions of Lancashire 2 series 1829–31, and many of the landscapes engraved in Ormerod’s History of Cheshire 1819, and in Baines’s History of the county palatine of Lancaster 1824; an artist and teacher of drawing at Birkenhead; exhibited 4 landscapes at Suffolk st. London 1827–8. d. Grange Mount, Birkenhead 8 March 1857.
PICKERING, Percival Andree (2 son of Edward Rowland Pickering 1778–1859). b. London 1811; educ. Eton and Trin. coll. Camb., B.A., 1832, M.A. 1835; fellow of St. John’s coll. 1833–41; barrister I.T. 4 May 1838, bencher 1855 to death; went northern circuit; recorder of Pontefract March 1853 to March 1865; Q.C. July 1855; judge of Passage court at Liverpool 1867 to death; queen’s attorney and serjeant within county palatine of Lancaster 1868 to death; author of Remarks on a report of the house of commons on the publication of printed papers 1838; Remarks on treating and matters relating to the election of members of parliament 1849; An essay of friendship 1875; he also wrote in the Eton miscellany in 1827. d. suddenly while riding in a carriage at Dover 7 Aug. 1876. bur. in Kensal green cemetery. Law Times lxi 301 (1876); Solicitors’ Journal xx 807 (1876).
PICKERING, William. b. 1796; apprentice to John and Arthur Arch, booksellers, Cornhill 1810–18; assistant to Longmans Jany. to June 1818; assistant to John Cuthell 4 Middle Row, Holborn June 1818 to 1820; bookseller 29½ Lincoln’s inn fields 1820–3; commenced publishing his Diamond classics printed by Charles Corrall in 24 volumes 1821–31; brought out the Greek testament 1828 and Homer’s works 1830 in diamond Greek type; adopted the Aldine emblem with the motto Aldi discip Anglus about 1830, removed to 57 Chancery Lane 1823; brought out reprints of English poets; published Basil Montagu’s Bacon, Nicolas’s Walton and the Bridgewater Treatises; had books bound in red cloth in place of red paper boards which revolutionised bookbinding about 1825; publisher at 177 Piccadilly 1842 to death; published books for S. T. Coleridge, Alexander Dyce, Joseph Hunter, J. M. Kemble, and sir Harris Nicolas; issued reprints of the various versions of the Prayer book between 1549 and 1662 in 6 vols. 1844, which are remarkably fine specimens of typography; published Catalogue of biblical, classical, and historical manuscripts and of rare and curious books 1834; the Aldine edition of the English poets in 53 vols. 1835–53, and Christian classics 12 vols. 1849; became involved in debt. d. 5 Wellington place, Turnham Green, Middlesex 27 April 1854, left his family destitute. Cowtan’s Memories of the British museum (1872) 325–6; Willis’s Current notes (1855) 43; N. and Q. 2 Feb. 1895 p. 83.