Family and Education
b. 9 May 1625, 3rd but 1st surv. s. of Edward Pitt of Strathfieldsaye by Rachel, da. of Sir George Morton, 1st Bt., of Milborne St. Andrew, Dorset. educ. travelled abroad 1644-6; M. Temple 1652; I. Temple 1654. m. 1657, Lady Jane Savage, da. of John Savage, 2nd Earl Rivers, wid. of George, 6th Baron Chandos of Sudeley, and Sir William Sedley, 4th Bt., of Southfleet, Kent, 3s. 4da. suc. fa. 1643.Add. 29974, ff. 332, 449; VCH Hants, iv. 624.
Offices Held
Cornet (royalist) 1643–4.
Gent. of privy chamber June 1660 – ?74; comptroller to the Duke of York 1674–5.
J.p. Hants July 1660–?d., Glos. July 1660-at least 1664, Westminster 1665 – 89, Dorset 1680–?d., commr. for assessment, Dorset Aug. 1660–4, Hants Aug. 1660–80, Westminster 1664 – 69, Glos. and Wilts. 1673 – 80, Glos. Hants and Wilts. 1689 – 90, oyer and terminer, Mdx. Nov. 1660; freeman, Portsmouth 1675.
Main residences: Strathfieldsaye, Hants.; Duke Street, Westminster.
Volume
Commons 1660-1690
Web Title
PITT, George (1625-94)
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Oxford 1644
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