Individual Details

Reverend James Allanson PICTON

(8 Aug 1832 - 4 Feb 1910)

He was small in statue, and possessed much oratorical power.

Events

Birth8 Aug 1832Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Past-time1866 - 1909Writer
Marriage20 Mar 1866Clapham, London, Middlesex, England - Jessie Carr WILLIAMS
ReligionFrom 1869Christian - Congregational - Manchester, England
OccupationJun 1884Member of Parliament - London, Middlesex, England
Death4 Feb 1910Caerlyr, Penmaenmawr, Wales
CremationAft 4 Feb 1910Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Families

SpouseJessie Carr WILLIAMS (1839 - 1911)
ChildHarold Williams PICTON (1867 - )

Notes

Birth

Father = Sir James Allanson PICTON
Mother = Sarah POOLEY

Past-time

He wrote much in the press and published many sermons, pamphlets, and volumes on religion and politics. His books included:
1. A Catechism of the Gospels - 1886
2. New Theories and the Old Faith - 1870
3. The Mystery of Matter - 1873
4. The Religion of Jesus - 1876
5. Pulpit Discourses - 1879
6. Oliver Cromwell: The Man and His Mission - 1882
7. Lessons from the English Commonwealth - 1884
8. The Conflict of Oligarchy and Democracy - 1885
9. Sir James A Picton: a Biography - 1891
10. The Bible in School - 1901
11. The Religion of the Universe - 1904
12. Pantheism - 1905
13. Spinoza: a Handbook to the Ethics - 1907
14. Man and the Bible - 1909

Religion

He studied for the ministry after a study of German philosophy dissatisfied him with conventional doctrine.
He was appointed to the Cheetham Hill Congregational church, Manchester. In 1869 he became pastor of St Thomas Square Chapel, Hackney, remaining there until 1879.

Occupation

In 1883 he was accepted as a radical candidate for parliament for the Tower Hamlets, but withdrew in 1884.
Was member for Leicester, succeeding Peter Alfred TAYLOR, most of whose opinions he shared.
He was re-elected for Leicester in 1885, 1886, and 1892, retiring from the House of Commons and from public life in 1894.