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John Pitt (1698–1754) was a British Army officer, colonial administrator and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1720 and 1734.
Pitt was the youngest son of Governor Thomas "Diamond" Pitt who made a fortune while in India and returned to Britain to found a political dynasty. He attended Eton College , and went into the army where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and served as an aide-de-camp to George I .
Pitt served as Member of Parliament for Hindon from 1720 to 1722, Old Sarum from 1724 to 1726 and Camelford from 1727 to 1734.[1] Governor of Bermuda .
Pitt was cut out of his father's will after a dispute.[2] James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope , the effective Prime Minister between 1717 and 1721, and the uncle of William Pitt . He was married to Mary Belasyse , the daughter of the Viscount Fauconberg .
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Black, Jeremy. Pitt the Elder . Cambridge University Press, 1992.
Brown, Peter Douglas. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham: The Great Commoner . George Allen & Unwin, 1978.
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