PITT, Thomas II (c.1688-1729), of Hanover Square, Mdx. and Pall Mall

Family and Education

b. c. 1688, 2nd s. of Thomas Pitt I* and bro. of Robert Pitt*. educ. Mr Meure’s acad. Soho Square 1703–6. m. 10 Mar. 1717, Lady Frances, da. and coh. of Robert Ridgeway, 4th Earl of Londonderry [I], 2s. 1da. cr. Baron of Londonderry [I] 3 Jan. 1719, Earl of Londonderry [I] 8 Oct. 1726. Hedges Diary ed. Yule (Hakluyt Soc. lxxviii), pp. cxlviii, clxiv; C. N. Dalton, Life of Thomas Pitt, 415–16; HMC Fortescue, i. 22.

Offices Held

Ensign 9 Ft. 1708– Apr. 1709; capt. Killigrew’s drag. (8 Hussars) Apr. 1709–Feb. 1715; col. 2 Drag. Gds. Feb. 1715–Aug. 1726, 3 Ft. Aug. 1726–d.; gov. Leeward Is. 1727–d. Cal. Treas. Bks. xxix. 417–18; CSP Col. 1726–7, p. 297; 1728–9, p. 555.

Burgess, Wilton 1713, mayor 1716–17. Pembroke mss at Wilton House, burgess lists.

Parlimentarian

PITT, Thomas (c.1688-1729), of Pall Mall, London.

Main residence: Hanover Square, Mdx. and Pall Mall.

Author

D.W.H.

Volume

Commons 1690-1715

Web Title

PITT, Thomas II (c.1688-1729)

Will

Estates

Oxford 1644

Addresses

Religion

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