Education
Pilkington was educated at Dame Allan"s School, Newcastle where he came to faith and developed both his love of scholarship and his combative personality.
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Peter Pilkington
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Career
In 1952 he went up to Jesus College, Cambridge and read history, being influenced by Conservative-minded figures such as Maurice Cowling, Herbert Butterfield and Michael Oakeshott. He was ordained as an Anglican priest in 1959 and was a schoolmaster (History teacher and Chaplain - later Conduct) at Eton College from 1962 to 1976 (Master in College — the scholars" house — for much of the time), headmaster of The King"s School, Canterbury from 1975 to 1986 and High Master of Street Paul"s School, London from 1986 to 1992. He was Chairman of the Broadcasting Complaints Commission from 1992 to 1996.
In 1995, he was made a life peer as Baron Pilkington of Oxenford, of West Dowlish in the County of Somerset.
He is survived by two daughters.
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Political Party
Conservative