James Pigott PRITCHETT [23631]

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James Pigott Pritchett (14 October 1789 - 23 May 1868) was an architect of London and York whose practice stretched from Lincolnshire to the Scottish borders .
Pritchett was born on 14 October 1789 to Charles Pigott Pritchett and Anne née Rogers, and christened 4 January 1790 at St Petrox, Pembrokeshire .
He lived for a time in London, and around 1813 moved to York, where he is recorded as a Congregationalist deacon , and, together with William Ellerby, wrote A History of the Nonconformist Churches of York.
He married Peggy Maria Terry on 22 December 1813 at Beckenham , Kent . They had three sons and a daughter. The eldest son, Richard, became a Congregationalist minister ; the second, Charles Pigott Pritchett (1818-1891) was an architect; and in 1844 his daughter, Maria Margaret, married John Middleton (1820-1885), whose only child was the archaeologist and art historian John Henry Middleton (1846-1896), later a director of the Victoria and Albert Museum .
Pritchett's second marriage was to Caroline Benson on 6 January 1829 at Belton , Lincolnshire . They had three sons and two daughters. His eldest son, James Pigott Pritchett junior (1830-1910), was trained by him as an architect and later set up a practice in Darlington in 1854. Another son, John Benson Pritchett , became a surgeon ,
Pritchett died in York on 23 May 1868 and was buried in York Cemetery , whose buildings he had designed, on 27 May 1868.
His nephew, George (1824-1912) was also an architect, who was active mainly in Hertfordshire and Essex.
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James married Peggy Maria TERRY [23633] [MRIN: 8478], daughter of Robert TERRY [23643] and Unknown, on 22 Dec 1813 in Beckenham Kent.

James next married Caroline BENSON [23632] [MRIN: 8477] on 6 Jan 1829 in Belton LIN.