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Thomas Pitt
Thomas Pitt
(5 July 1653 – 28 April 1726) was an English merchant, colonial administrator and politician who served as the
president of Fort St. George
from 1698 to 1709. Born in
Blandford Forum
,
Dorset
, he eventually went to the
Indian subcontinent
in the service of the English
East India Company
(EIC) and rose to a senior position in the
Presidency of Fort St. George
, administering the EIC's affairs within the region. After a lucrative career in India, Pitt returned to England and entered into a political career, being elected six times to the
Parliament of Great Britain
. His descendants would go on to found a political dynasty, with Pitt's
grandson
and
great-grandson
both serving as
Prime Minister of Great Britain
.
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A state of the proceedings of the convocation, or, parliament for the Stannaries of the County of Cornwall, held at Lestwithiel, on Tuesday the 28th day of August 1750, and at Hels...
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Published 1751
printed for R. Baldwin, at the Rose, in Pater-Noster-Row
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A state of the proceedings of the convocation, or, parliament for the Stannaries of the county of Cornwall : held at Lestwithiel ... 28th day of August 1750, and at Helstone ... 20...
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