John Carteret Pilkington [SEP] date of death
John Carteret Pilkington
John Carteret Pilkington (1730-1763) was an Irish singer and writer who left lively memoirs of his early life and collaborated on the memoirs of his mother Laetitia Pilkington.
Origins.
Known as Jack, the younger surviving son of the art historian Matthew Pilkington and the poet Laetitia Pilkington, he was christened by the rites of the Church of Ireland in Dublin on 1 May 1730. His godparents were the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Viscount Carteret later 2nd Earl Granville, for whom Dr Patrick Delany
no home. Indeed, most of the book sellers and publishers, as well as many of the notables of the day, were afraid of their publication and afraid of having their private foibles exposed to the public. Therefore, Laetitia went back to Dublin in May 1747 and began the publication of the "Memoirs". The first two volumes appeared in 1748, and a third volume was unfinished at her death, although her son, John Carteret Pilkington, had it published in 1754. She died on 29 July 1750,