Edward Pitt (died 1643) 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.[2]

References

  1. ^ John Burke A General and heraldic dictionary of the peerage and baronetage of ..., Volume 2
  2. ^ a b History of Parliament Online - George Pitt
Parliament of England Preceded bySir Walter ErleSir George Hussey Member of Parliament for Poole 1624 With: Sir Walter Erle Succeeded byJohn PyneSir John Cooper
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