Thomas Pitt

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Thomas Pitt, detail of a print after an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller

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Assorted References

association with Pitt the Elder
- In William Pitt, the Elder: Background and education

Additional Reading

Cornelius Neale Dalton, The Life of Thomas Pitt (1915).

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Type	Description	Contributor	Date
	Anniversary information added.		Apr 24, 2024
	First paragraph modernization.	Encyclopaedia Britannica	Apr 02, 2024
	Anniversary information added.		Jul 01, 2023
	Add new Web site: The History of Parliament - Biography of Thomas Pitt.	Thinley Kalsang Bhutia	Nov 02, 2016
	Article revised and updated.	Maren Goldberg	Mar 03, 2009
	Article added to new online database.	The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica	Mar 22, 1999