John Pitt (1698–1754) was a

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and politician who sat in the

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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

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, and went into the army where he rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel and served as an aide-de-camp to

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. Pitt served as Member of Parliament for Hindon from 1720 to 1722,

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from 1724 to 1726 and

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from 1727 to 1734. From 1728 to 1737 he served as

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. Pitt was cut out of his father's will after a dispute.Douglas p.24 He was the brother-in-law of

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, the effective Prime Minister between 1717 and 1721, and the uncle of William Pitt. He was married to Mary Belasyse, the daughter of the

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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. 1698 births 1754 deaths 18th-century British Army personnel People educated at Eton College Governors of Bermuda

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