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Born #OnThisDay 1804 James Pilkington Liberal MP Blackburn 1847-65. In 1862 he was the most high-profile victim of the 'garotting panic' in London when he was attacked, robbed and ‘almost strangled to death’. This and other cases prompted the 1863 Security against Violence Act.

Born #OnThisDay 1804 James Pilkington Liberal MP Blackburn 1847-65. In 1862 he was the most high-profile victim of the 'garotting panic' in London when he was attacked, robbed and ‘almost strangled to death’. This and other cases prompted the 1863 Security against Violence Act.