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PLEYDELL, Edmund (c.1652-1726), of Midgehall, Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts. and Milborne St. Andrew, Dorset

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b. c. 1652, 1st s. of Oliver Pleydell of Milton, Oxon. by Mary, da. of one Goldsmith of Avebury, Wilts. nephew of John† and William Pleydell†. m. by 1683, Anne (d. 1723), da. and h. of Sir John Morton, 2nd Bt.*, 7s. (4 d.v.p.) 4da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. by 1693, uncle John Pleydell at Midgehall 1693. Hutchins, Dorset, i. 196; ii. 599–600; Burke, LG (1937), 1817.
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PLEYDELL, Edmund (c.1652-1726), of Midgehall, Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts. and Milborne St. Andrew, Dorset
Main residences: Midgehall, Lydiard Tregoze, Wilts.; Milborne St. Andrew, Dorset.
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PITT, Thomas II (c.1688-1729), of Hanover Square, Mdx. and Pall Mall

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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.
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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.

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PITT, Thomas (c.1688-1729), of Pall Mall, London.
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PITT, Thomas I (1653-1726), of Pall Mall, and Mawarden Court, Stratford sub Castle, Wilts.

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b. 5 July 1653, 2nd surv. s. of John Pitt, rector of Blandford St. Mary, Dorset 1645–72, by Sarah, da. of John Jay of West Hemsworth, Witchampton, Dorset. m. by 1679, Jane, da. of James Innes of Reid Hall, Moray, 4s. (1 d.v.p.) 2da. (1 d.v.p.).
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Freeman, E. I. Co. 1688; asst. N. W. America trading co. 1691; pres. Fort St. George, Madras 1697–1709; gov. Jamaica 1716–17. Hedges Diary ed. Yule (Hakluyt Soc. lxxviii), pp. cxlix, clix; CSP Dom. 1690–1, p. 527,

Commr. taking subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711, building 50 new churches 1715–d. Pittis, Present Parl. 351; F. Cundall, Govs. of Jamaica in 1st Half of 18th Cent. 66.

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PITT, Thomas (1653-1726), of Mawarden Court, Stratford sub Castle, Wilts.
Main residences: Pall Mall; Mawarden Court, Stratford sub Castle, Wilts.
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Unless otherwise stated, this biography draws heavily on C. N. Dalton, Life of Thomas Pitt.

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PITT, Robert (c.1680-1727), of Golden Square, London; Forty Hall, Forty Hill, nr. Enfield, Mdx.; and Mawarden Court, Stratford sub Castle, Wilts.

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b. c. 1680, 1st s. of Thomas Pitt I*. educ. L. Inn 1705. m. c. Dec. 1703 (with £3,000), Harriet (d. 1736), da. of Brig.-Gen. the Hon. Edward Fitzgerald Villiers of Dromana, co. Waterford, sis. of John Fitzgerald Villiers, 5th Visct. Grandison [I] and 1st Earl of Grandison [I], 2s. 5da. suc. fa. 1726. C. N. Dalton, Life of Thomas Pitt, 246–7, 407, 414, 460.
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Clerk of Household to Prince of Wales 1716–d.

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PITT, Robert (?1680-1727), of Stratford, Wilts.
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PITT, John (c.1673-1731), of Crow’s Hall, Debenham, Suff.

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b. c. 1673, 2nd surv. s. of George Pitt† of Strathfieldsaye, Hants and Duke Street, Westminster; bro. of George Pitt*. educ. Balliol, Oxf. matric. 16 Oct. 1690, aged 17; I. Temple 1693. m. (1) Lady Diana (d. 1710) da. of Henry Howard, 5th Earl of Suffolk, ?s.p. (2) Mary Scrope, ?1s.; (3) Isabella (?d. 1753) Bendon or Condon, 2da. Hutchins, Dorset, iv. 90–91; Berry, Hants Gens. 102; HMC Lords, n.s. vii. 99; Collins, Peerage, iii. 157.
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Sheriff, Suff. Jan.–Dec. 1721.

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PITT, John (c.1673-1731), of Crow’s Hall, Debenham, Suff.
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PITT, George (1663-1735), of Strathfieldsaye, Hants.

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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.
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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.

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PITT, George (?1663-1735), of Strathfieldsaye, Hants.
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PITFIELD, Alexander (1659-1728), of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London

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b. 14 Apr. 1659, 2nd but o. surv. s. of Sir Charles Pitfield of Hoxton, Mdx. by his 1st w. Winifred, da. and coh. of John Adderley of Coton, Staffs. educ. privately; Merchant Taylors’ 1671–4; Sidney Sussex, Camb. 1676; L. Inn 1676. m. (1) 20 Apr. 1680, Elizabeth (d. aft. 1695), da. of Richard Waller, merchant, of St. Martin’s, Ironmonger Lane, London, 1s. d.v.p. 4da. (2 d.v.p.); (2) 3 Sept. 1703, Dorothy (d. 1726), da. of Thomas Boone of Mount Boone, nr. Dartmouth, Devon and coh. to her bro. Charles, wid. of Robert Boddington, Haberdasher, of St. Magnus, London, s.p. suc. fa. 1680. Cox, Annals of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, 95; London Rec. Soc. ii. 233; Le Neve’s Knights (Harl. Soc. viii), 262, 308; Vis. Mdx. ed. Foster, 73; The Gen. i. 40–42; info. from Mr Michael Pitfield; Merchant Taylors’ Sch. Reg.; J. R. Woodhead, Rulers of London (London and Mdx. Arch. Soc.), 34.
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FRS 1684, council 1693–?d., treasurer 1699–d. Rec. R. Soc. 341, 385; M. W. Hunter, R. Soc. and Fellows, 76.

Cursitor, Kent and Devon by 1700–bef. 1707; commr. sewers, Tower Hamlets 1712. HMC Townshend, 211.

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PITFIELD, Alexander (1659-1728), of St. Helen’s, Bishopsgate, London
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PINNELL, Henry (1670-c.1721), Bradenstoke Abbey, Wilts.

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bap. 13 Sept. 1670, s. of Henry Pinnell of Nash House, Wilts. by Elizabeth, da. of Richard Jones† of Stowey Court, Chew Magna, Som., sis. of Sir William Jones†. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1685; M. Temple 1690. ?; ?unm. suc. fa. ?1671. Info. from Mr L. B. Pinnell; Wilts. RO, 212B/690, 709; Trans. Bristol and Glos. Arch. Soc. viii. 334.
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PINNELL, Henry (1670-c.1721), Bradenstoke Abbey, Wilts.
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PIGOTT, Robert (1665-1746), of Chetwynd, Salop and Chesterton., Hunts.

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bap. 24 Oct. 1665, 1st s. of Walter Pigott of Chetwynd by his 2nd w. Anne, da. of Sir John Dryden, 2nd Bt.†, of Canons Ashby, Northants., sis. of John Dryden*. educ. Christ Church, Oxf. matric. 1681; I. Temple 1683. m. settlement 15 May 1695, Frances, da. of Hon. William Ward of Willingsworth Hall, Sedgeley, Staffs., sis. of William Ward*, 5s. 3da. (1 d.v.p.). suc. fa. at Chetwynd 1669, uncle John Dryden 1708, uncle Erasmus Dryden at Chesterton 1710. Trans. Salop Arch. Soc. ser. 4, iii. 94–95; PCC 18 Potter, 35, 105 Barrett.
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Sheriff, Salop 1696–7, Cambs. and Hunts. 1709–10.

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PIGOTT, Robert (1664-1746), of Chetwynd, Salop and Chesterton, Hunts.
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PIGOTT, John (c.1647-1727), of Brockley, Som.

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b. c. 1647, 2nd s. of Thomas Pigott of Long Ashton and Brockley, Som. by Florence, da. of John Poulett†, 1st Baron Poulett, wid. of Thomas Smythe† of Long Ashton. m. 1s. 1da. suc. to Irish estates of fa. 1673, bro. Poulett Pigott ?by 1683. Harbin, Som. MPs, 185–6; Burke, LG (1952).
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Sheriff, Som. 1682–3.

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PIGOTT, John (c.1647-1727), of Brockley, Som.
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PIGOTT, John (c.1647-1727)

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