Deen, Fordice, Hallett, Hodges and Van Horn Families - Person Sheet
NameEdward of Stratfield Pitt
Birthbef Sep 1591
Deathabt 1643, England
OccupationMember Of Parliment, Teller In The Exchequer
Spouses
Marriage23 Apr 1620, Milborne St Andrew, Dorset
Notes for Edward of Stratfield Pitt
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_PittEdward Pitt was an English landowner and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1624.
Pitt was the son of Sir William Pitt and his wife Edith Cadbury, daughter of Nicholas Cadbury of Arne, Dorset.[1] He was a teller in the Exchequer. In 1624, he was elected Member of Parliament for Poole in the Happy Parliament. In the Civil War he was seized by parliamentary forces at his home Stratfield Saye House in 1643 and imprisoned in Windsor Castle. He died a week after his release.[2]
Pitt married Rachel Morton, daughter of Sir George Morton, 1st Baronet of Milborne St. Andrew, Dorset. Their son George was also an MP
https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1...itt-edward-1592-1643