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Thomas Pitt
b.5 Jul 1653
d.28 Apr 1726
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  1. Thomas Pitt1653 - 1726
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  • H.  Thomas Pitt1653 - 1726
  • W.  Jane Innes (add)
  1. Thomas Pitt, 1st Earl of LondonderryEst 1668 - 1729
  2. Robert Pitt1680 - 1727
  3. Lucy Pitt1692 - 1722/23
  4. John Pitt1698 - 1754
  5. Essex Pitt - 1753
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Name Thomas Pitt
Gender Male
Birth[1] 5 Jul 1653
Marriage to Jane Innes (add)
Death[1] 28 Apr 1726
Reference Number? Q2277355?


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Thomas Pitt (5 July 1653 – 28 April 1726) of Blandford St Mary in Dorset, later of Stratford in Wiltshire and of Boconnoc in Cornwall, known during life commonly as Governor Pitt, as Captain Pitt, or posthumously, as "Diamond" Pitt was an English merchant involved in trade with India who served as President of Madras and six times as a Member of Parliament. He was the grandfather of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ("Pitt the Elder") and was great-grandfather of Pitt the Younger, both prime ministers of Great Britain.

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References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Pitt, in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia.
  2.   PITT, Thomas (1653-1726), in The History of Parliament.
  3.   Thomas Pitt, in Lundy, Darryl. The Peerage: A genealogical survey of the peerage of Britain as well as the royal families of Europe.
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