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PLACE, MARWOOD, son of Rev. Edward Place, Rector of Bedale, Yorks.; bapt. St. Crux, York 13 May 1721 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Apr 1736 (Bourne's); left 1739; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Nov 1739, scholar 2 May 1740; BA 1743/4; MA 1747; BD 1761; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 2 Oct 1746, Major Fellow 9 Jul 1747; ordained deacon (Lincoln) 18 Dec 1748, priest (Chester) 16 Jun 1754; Rector of Over, Cambs., 1762-4; Vicar of Sedbergh, Yorks., 1764-6; Vicar of Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, from 7 Feb 1766; m. 1771 Anne, dau. of Roger Wilson, Casterton Hall, Westmorland; buried Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland 12 Oct 1791.

Pixell, Henry Randolph Prynne, son of the Rev. Charles Henry Vincent Pixell, Vicar of St. Faith's, Stoke Newington, Middlesex, by Edith Mary, daughter of the Rev. Alfred Wilson, Rector of East Farndon, Northants; b. Nov. 16, 1870; adm. April 29, 1886 (H); left April 1888; an engineer; m. Aug. 6, 1892, Mabel Irene Charity, daughter of Thomas Howden, of Stoke Newington.

PITTS, RICHARD; b.; adm. (aged 13) Nov 1722; in under school list 1724.

Pitts, Michael Thelwall, son of Lieut.-Col. Arthur Thomas Pitts DSO RAMC LDS, and Alexan­dra Dorothy, d. of Maj. George Alexander McCarthy, Dorset Regt; b. 3 Apr. 1922; adm. Sept. 1935 (G); left Apr. 1938; man. dir. Bowater Hotels Ltd; retd.

Pitt-Lewis, George Francis, son of George Pitt-Lewis, K.C., of Norfolk Square, Hyde Park, London, by Mary Ann Isabel, daughter of Gen. John George Palmer, Madras Staff Corps; b. April 28, 1888; adm. as exhibitioner Sept. 26, 1901 (G); left July 1906; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1906; B.A. 1909; served in France in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 3rd Batt. Devon Regt. July 2, 1915; acting Capt. 1st Batt. Jan. 1917; wounded April 23, 1917, at Vimy Ridge; acting Capt. 5th Batt. Aug. 31, 1918; demob. April 1919; M.C. Feb. 15, 1919; admitted a solicitor, Nov. 1912; retired from practice 1961 as senior partner in Coward, Chance & Co., London; a member of the Council of the Law Society 1944-60; secretary to the Governing Body of the School 1944-61; Master of the Broderers Company 1959; Member of the Disciplinary Committee constituted under the Solicitors Act, 1960-1; m. July 10, 1926, Edith Emily Phyllis, youngest daughter of Henry Mead, of Ladbroke Gdns., London; d. 17 Sept. 1966.

PITT, WILLIAM HENRY, eldest son of Thomas Pitt, Wimpole Street, London, and Anna Maria, dau. of Henry Cornwall Legh, High Legh, Cheshire; b.; adm. 24 Jan 1801; in school lists 1801, May 1803, Oct 1803; Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards 5 Mar 1812; served in Peninsular War; killed at battle of Bayonne 14 Apr 1814, aged 22. [perhaps William Henry Pitt, son of Thomas Pitt, Rosthern, Cheshire, Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 26 Apr 1809, aged 18, from Eton Coll. ]

PITT, THOMAS, 2ND EARL OF LONDONDERRY (I), son of Thomas Pitt, 1st Earl of Londonderry (I) (cr. 1719), and Lady Frances Ridgeway, dau. of Robert Ridgeway, 5th Earl of Londonderry (I) (cr. 1622); b.; succ. father as 2nd Earl of Londonderry (I) 12 Sep 1729; adm. (aged 12) Jan 1729/30; d. from effects of a fall from his horse 24 Aug 1734.

PITT, THOMAS, brother of William Henry Pitt (qv); bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 16 Jul 1792 (IGI); adm. 24 Jan 1801 (Clapham); in school list 1801; left 1807; d. unm. 1863.

PITT, STEPHEN, son of Samuel Pitt, London, merchant, and Catherine, dau. of Robert Orbell; b.; adm. (aged 14) Jan 1740/1 (Greet's); purchased Campden House estate, Kensington, in 1751; m.; d. 27 Feb 1793.