PITT, Thomas (c.1705-61), of Boconnoc, Cornw.

Family and Education

b. c. 1705, 1st s. of Robert Pitt and bro. of William Pitt (d.1778) , Earl of Chatham. educ. Eton c.1718-21. m. (1) c.1731, Christian (d. 5 June 1750), da. of Sir Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Bt., of Hagley, Worcs., sis. of George Lyttelton, 2s. 2da.; (2) c. 1 July 1761, Maria, da. of Gen. Murray. suc. fa. 1727.

Offices Held

Assay master of the stannaries Mar. 1738 – Feb. 1742, lord warden Feb. 1742 – Mar. 1751; recorder, Camelford 1735 – d.

Parlimentarian

PITT, Thomas (c.1705-61), of Boconnoc, Cornw.

Main residence: Boconnoc, Cornw.

Author

J.B.O.

E.C.

Volume

Commons 1715-1754

Web Title

PITT, Thomas (c.1705-61)