George Pitt

Who is George Pitt?

George Pitt was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679.

Pitt was the eldest surviving son of Edward Pitt of Strathfieldsaye, Hampshire and his wife Rachel Morton, daughter of Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet of Milborne St. Andrew, Dorset. He succeeded to Stratfield Saye House on the death of his father in 1643 and served briefly as a cornet in the Royalist army from 1643 to 1644. He travelled abroad from 1644 to 1646 and was a student of Middle Temple in 1652 and Inner Temple in 1654.

In 1660, Pitt was elected Member of Parliament for Wareham in the Convention Parliament. He was made gentleman of the privy chamber in June 1660 and J.P. for Hampshire and Gloucestershire in July 1660. In August 1660 he became commissioner for assessment for Dorset until 1664 and for Hampshire until 1680. He was commissioner for oyer and terminer for Middlesex in November 1660. In 1661 he was re-elected MP for Wareham in the Cavalier Parliament. He was commissioner for assessment for Westminster from 1664 to 1669 and J.P. for Westminster from 1665 to 1689. He was commissioner for assessment for Gloucestershire and Wiltshire from 1673 to 1680.