John Pitt (of Encombe)

John Pitt
Portrait of John Pitt by William Hoare
Bornc. 1704
Died1787
Alma materQueen's College, Oxford
Encombe, remodelled by Pitt between 1740 and 1770

John Pitt (c.1706–1787) of Encombe House, Dorset was a British MP for 35 years. He is recorded as having given one speech to Parliament. He is noted for being the first to be appointed to office of the Steward of the Chiltern Hundreds for the purpose of resigning from parliament.


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