Pitamber, Rajkumar Shumshere Jung Bahadur Rana, son of Maj. -Gen. Shumshere Jung Bahadar Raja Bishnu and Rani Urmilla Devi Bishnu, of Katmandu, Nepal; b. 17 Aug. 1931; adm. Sept. 1947 (A); left July 1950; St Edmund Hall Oxf., matric. 1950, played golf against Cambridge 1951-4 (capt. OUGC 1952-3); Mahinda & Mahinda Ltd., Mumbai, India 1958, chief purchasing officer 1964-7, export man. 1968-72, dep. chief exec. 1972-, exec. vice-pres. finance 1980-90, man. dir. 1990-7; captained India at golf, Indian nat. champion 1966 and 1973; pres. Indian Golf Union 1974-6; m. 2 Apr. 1970 Sunita, d. of V. N. Shirodkar, surgeon, of Mumbai, India; d. 20 Aug. 2005.

Pite, Arthur Goodhart, brother of Ion Beresford Pite (q.v.); b. Feb. 25, 1896; adm. as ex­hibitioner Sept. 23, 1909 (A); K.S. (non-resident) 1910; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1914, matric. Michaelmas 1914; 1st class Hist. Trip., pt. ii, 1920; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1925; 2nd Lieut. R.F.A. (T.F.) Feb. 8, 1915; Lieut. June 1, 1916; acting Capt. Nov. 1917; served in Mesopotamia Oct. 1917-Jan. 1919; M.C. June 27, 1919; organising secretary Student Christian Movement 1921-5; Head of Cambridge House, Camberwell, 1925-7; Head Master of Weymouth Coll. 1927; of Cheltenham Coll. 1937; m. April 20, 1922, Muriel, daughter of the Rev. John Greenwood Tasker, D.D., principal of Handsworth Coll., Birrning­ham; d. March 17, 1938.

Pite, Ion Beresford, elder son of Arthur Beresford Pite, F.R.I.B.A., of Regents Park, London, by Mary Kilvinton, only daughter of William Rutley Mowll, of Dover, Kent; b. Jan. 30, 1891; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. (with Samwaies) July 1909, matric. Michaelmas 1909; B.A. 1912; M.A. 1920; served in France 1917-9; Capt. R.E. June 1, 1916; an architect; Assoc. R.I.B.A. 1919; F.R.I.B.A. 1929; m. Feb. 20, 1923, Charlotte Brooke, second daughter of Commander Arthur Penry Williams, R.N., of Sandhurst, Kent; d. Oct. 10, 1957.

Pite, John Christopher, son of Arthur Goodhart Pite (qv); b. 9 Mar. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (B); Capt. of the Sch. 1943; left July 1943; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1943, BA 1949, MA 1952; RAF 1943-7; Federal Dept. of Statistics Nigeria 1950-63, dep. chief statistician 1960-3; Cert. Ed. (Cantab. ) 1964; asst. master King’s Sch. Worcester 1964-7; statistician CSO 1967-75, Min. of Defence 1976-; m. 2 Oct. 1953 Gillian Gore Davison; d. 1 Nov. 2010.

Pite, Robert William, son of William Alfred Pite, F.R.I.B.A., of Ealing, by Ethel Clara, second daughter of Septimus William Sibley, F.R.C.S., of London; b. Sept. 5, 1893; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (H); left July 1910; Royal Coll. of Art, South Kensington; enlisted in the R.E. Sept. 4, 1914; severely wounded in the Dardanelles Aug. 7, 1915; 2nd Lieut. R.E. July 7, 1916; demob. Sept. 1919; served in Mesopotamia 1918 and the Afghan War 1919; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 3, 1919; an architect; A.R.I.B.A. 1921; F.R.I.B.A. 1928; Pilot Officer (A. and S.D.) R.A.F.V.R. Oct. 4, 1940; Flying Officer Oct. 4, 1941; Temp. Flight-Lieut. Aug. 12, 1942; Sqdn. Ldr.; mentioned in despatches L.G. June 14, 1945; m. June 19, 1924, Mary Gertrude Bidlake, daughter of Frank Winterton, of Thurmaston, Leics.; d. 1977.

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, 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, 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, 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-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.