Charles Murray Pitman Vanity Fair 26 March 1895

Charles Murray Pitman KC JP (8 January 1872 – 13 October 1948) was a British judge and rower described in his Times obituary as having been known "in the rowing world ... one of the most distinguished oarsmen of his time". The son of Frederick Pitman, he was one of 8 brothers, including

Thomas Tait Pitman Major-General Thomas Tait Pitman, (22 December 1868 – 8 March 1941) was a British cavalry officer, who was a general officer during the First World War. Personal life Thomas Tait Pitman was born on 22 December 1868, the son of Frederick Pitman ...

and

Frederick I. Pitman Frederick (Freddie) Islay Pitman (18 April 1863 – 22 January 1942) was a British rower who rowed in the Boat Race three times and won the Diamond Challenge Sculls and the Wingfield Sculls in 1886. Biography Pitman was born at Edinb ...

. Pitman was educated at

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and

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, where he studied

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. While at Oxford he

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d the university crew to four victories in the Boat Races of 1892, 1893, 1894 and 1895. He was

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in 1897 and was Judge Advocate of the Fleet and

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of Rochester 1924–33, then was a Referee of the Supreme Court of Judicature, 1933–45 and Chairman of the Berkshire Quarter Sessions, 1927–45. He was made a

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in 1925. He married in 1909 Hilda Mary, daughter of

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. He authored books on rowing.

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