Sir Christopher Pickering (c. 1556 – 15 January 1621) was an English politician. He was the only son of William Pickering, who he succeeded in 1587. He was knighted in 1607. He was a Justice of the Peace for Cumberland from c. 1590 and was appointed to serve as

High Sheriff of Cumberland The sheriff is the oldest secular office under the Crown. Formerly the sheriff was the principal law enforcement officer in the county but over the centuries most of the responsibilities associated with the post have been transferred elsewhere o ...

for 1590–91, 1605–06, 1607–08 and 1611–12. He was deputy warden of the west march in 1601 and a commissioner for the borders in 1608. He was elected a

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(MP) of the

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for

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in 1597. He died unmarried.

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1550s births 1621 deaths English MPs 1597–1598 High sheriffs of Cumberland {{1597-England-MP-stub