Hugh Austin Windle Pilkington [SEP] date of death
Hugh Austin Windle Pilkington
Hugh Austin Windle Pilkington (1942–1986) was a British-born philanthropist who contributed to education in East Africa, particularly for refugees from Ethiopia and Eritrea.
Family background.
Hugh Pilkington was direct descendant of Richard Pilkington who in 1826 founded an early glass manufacturing company that in 1845 became Pilkington Brothers Ltd. Innovative methods of glass manufacture developed by the company resulted in the company earning great income, and members of the Pilkington family became beneficiaries of company trusts. Hugh Pilkington was the son of Roger Windle
observed, Hugh was an outstanding example of the capacity of one man to improve the human condition by individual effort.
Before his death he had made arrangements for his personal estate to be used to set up a foundation to promote the education of refugees and in 1988 the Hugh Pilkington Charitable Trust (HPCT) was established in the UK. In 2002 Windle Trust International (WTI) was formed to manage the programmes of HPCT as a charitable company limited by guarantee. Since Hugh's death the Windle Trusts, which are built