James Allanson Picton
Sir James Allanson Picton (1805–1889), antiquary and architect. in 1849 entered the Liverpool town council. spearheaded the buliding of the first Liverpool library. conferment of a knighthood in July 1881. He died in his eighty-fourth year, on 15 July 1889, at his residence, Sandyknowe, Wavertree, near Liverpool. His principal literary work was his ‘Memorials of Liverpool,’ 2 vols. 8vo, 1873; 2nd edit. 1875. He had previously published an ‘Architectural History of Liverpool,’ 4to, 1858