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.
Commr. taking subscriptions to S. Sea Co. 1711; dir. S. Sea Co. 1711–18; commr. building 50 new churches by 1716.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Strathfieldsaye, Hants.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
PITT, George (1663-1735)
Will
Estates
Oxford 1644
No
Addresses
Religion
Image
