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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.

PITT, RIDGEWAY, 3RD EARL OF LONDONDERRY (I), brother of Thomas Pitt, 2nd Earl of Londonderry (I) (qv); bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields 16 Feb 1721 (IGI); adm. (aged 8) May 1730; recited verses at the Westminster Meeting 28 Jan 1730/1; succ. brother as 3rd Earl of Londonderry (I) 24 Aug 1734; left 1734; went to Bury St. Edmunds Sch.; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 25 Sep 1740, matr. 1740; MP Camelford 1747-54; d. unm. 8 Jan 1765.

PITT, LONDON KING, son of Rev. Richard Pitt, Tiverton, Devon, and Margaret (Birkinsha ?) (IGI); b. 5 May 1773; adm. 24 Apr 1782; KS (aged 13) 1783; at Merchant Taylors Sch. 1784-91; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 27 Jun 1791; BA 1795; MA 1801; BCL and DCL 1807; Fellow, St. John’s Coll.; ordained deacon (Winchester) 20 Dec 1795 Chaplain to British Embassy, St. Petersburg; Rector of Hanwell, Oxfordshire 7 May 1802; Rector of Hinton on the Green, Gloucs., 20 Mar 1805 (disp. to hold with Hanwell); m. at British Embassy, St. Petersburg 5 Oct 1798 Frances Percy, dau. of Richard Brompton (IGI); d. 6 May 1813, aged 41.

PITT, JOHN, second son of Rowland Pitt, Westminster, citizen and fishmonger, Purveyor of Sea Fish to Charles I, and Anne, dau. of Edward Smith, Herts.; b.; adm.; KS c. 1645; an undated petition from his father for his son, aged 14, to be admitted KS and another petition for his reinstatement, “he having gone sick his place is filled up”, are preserved (Chapter Muniments 32480, 43053).

PITT, GEORGE, brother of William Henry Pitt (qv); bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 2 Apr 1796 (IGI); adm. 12 Jan 1807; left 1812; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 14 Oct 1814; migrated to Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 18 Feb 1817, aged 19; BA 1822; MA 1825; ordained deacon 1822, priest 1823 (both Norwich); Vicar of Audlem, Cheshire, from 9 May 1836; m. 21 Feb 1832 Charlotte Augusta, second dau. of Sir Henry Mainwaring-Mainwaring, Bart.; d. 28 Apr 1865.

PITT, EDWARD; b. ; adm. ; Min. Can. 1635. [perhaps Edward Pitt, second son of Edward Pitt, Strathfieldsaye, Hampshire; Pembroke Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 3 Jul 1640, aged 18; migr. to Trinity Coll. Oxford; BA 1644; adm. Middle Temple 1651]

PITT, CHRISTOPHER HOWARD; b. 26 Dec 1817; adm. 16 Jan 1832.

PITT, ---; b.; adm.; left 1808.