PICTON

Sir James All an son (son of Wm. Pickton, timber merchant). b. High field st. Liverpool 2 Dec. 1805; employed by Daniel Stewart architect and surveyor 1826, a partner 1830, succeeded him 1 Jany. 1835, retired 1866; executed some important buildings in and near Liverpool; a leading authority on land arbitration; a local preacher among the Wesley ans to 1848; member of Liverpool town council 1849 to death; member of Historic Soc. of Lancashire and Cheshire 6 Jany. 1849; obtained a public library for Liverpool 1852, the first chairman of the library and museum committee 1851 to death, the Picton reading room was started by the corporation 1879; a member of the Waver tree local board 1851, chairman of the board 1852; originated the YZ club at Liverpool 12 members only 1870; kept his golden wedding 28 April 1878; knighted at Osborne 18 Aug. 1881; F.S.A. 7 June 1849; edited The Watchman’s Lantern, intended to throw light on the proceedings of the Wesley an Methodist conference 17 Dec. 1834 to 18 Nov. 1835, twenty eight numbers; Selections from the Liverpool municipal archives and records, 2 vols. 1883–6; author of The architectural history of Liverpool 1858; Baronies of Forth and Bargey, Wexford, the antique dialect of the district 1866; Memorials of Liverpool, 2 vols. 1873, 2 ed. 1875; and of about 60 papers in the transactions of learned societies. d. Sandy knowe, Waver tree, near Liverpool 15 July 1889. bur. Toxteth park cemet., bust by McBride in Liverpool free library. Sir J. A. Picton by J. A. Picton, M.P. (1891) 2 portraits ; Proc. of Soc. of Antiq. xiii 137 (1889–91); Biograph Oct. 1880 pp. 380–5.