John Pitt was a British

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 politician

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, soldier

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 and colonial administrator. Pitt was the youngest son of Governor Thomas "Diamond" Pitt

Thomas Pitt

Thomas Pitt , born at Blandford Forum, Dorset, to a rector and his wife, was a British merchant involved in trade with India....

 who made a fortune while in India and returned to Britain to found a political dynasty. John attended Eton College

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, and went into the army. He rose to the rank of Leuitenant Colonel and served as an aide-de-camp

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 to George I

George I of Great Britain

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. He served as a Member of Parliament

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. He was cut out of his father's will after a dispute. From 1728 to 1737 he served as Governor of Bermuda

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John was the brother-in-law of James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope

James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope

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, the effective Prime Minister between 1717 and 1721, and the uncle of William Pitt

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

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. He was married to Mary Belasyse, the daughter of the Viscount Fauconberg.