Family and Education
b. 18 June 1663, 1st s. of George Pitt† of Strathfieldsaye and Duke Street, Westminster by Jane, da. of John Savage†, 2nd Earl Rivers, wid. of George Brydges, 6th Baron Chandos, and Sir William Sedley, 4th Bt., of Southfleet, Kent. educ. I. Temple 1673; Wadham, Oxf. 1680. m. (1) lic. 14 Mar. 1691, Lucy (d. 1697), da. of Thomas Pile of Baverstock, Wilts., wid. of Laurence Lowe of Shaftesbury, Dorset, 2s. 1da.; (2) by 1700, Lora (d. 1750), da. and h. of Audley Grey of Kingston Marwood, Dorset, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 5da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. 1694. Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 91; St. Paul’s Covent Garden (Harl. Soc. Reg. xxxiii), 20.
Offices Held

Freeman, Portsmouth 1702, Southampton 1710. R. East, Portsmouth Recs. 373; Southampton RO, Southampton bor. recs. SC3/2, f. 44.

Commr. taking subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711; dir. S. Sea Co. 1711–18; commr. building 50 new churches by 1716. Pittis, Present Parl. 351.

Main residence: Strathfieldsaye, Hants.
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Commons 1690-1715
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PITT, George (1663-1735)

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