Christopher_Pickering_(MP)

Christopher Pickering (MP)

Christopher Pickering (MP)

English politician

Sir Christopher Pickering (c. 1556 – 15 January 1621) was an English politician.

He was the only son of William Pickering, who he succeeded in 1587. He was knighted in 1607.

He was a Justice of the Peace for Cumberland from c. 1590 and was appointed to serve as High Sheriff of Cumberland for 1590–91, 1605–06, 1607–08 and 1611–12. He was deputy warden of the west march in 1601 and a commissioner for the borders in 1608. He was elected a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Cumberland in 1597.

He died unmarried.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    "PICKERING, Christopher (c.1556-1621), of Threlkeld, Cumb.; later of Ormside alias Prinshead, Westmld". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 9 September 2013.


Flag of EnglandBiography icon

This article about a 16th-century Member of the Parliament of England is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.
Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Christopher_Pickering_(MP), and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.