Michael Pitt-Rivers

Michael Pitt-Rivers
Born
Michael Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers

(1917-05-27)27 May 1917
DiedDecember 1999 (2000-01) (aged 82)
NationalityBritish
OccupationLandowner
Known forBeing a defendant in the 1954 Montagu trial
Criminal charge"Conspiracy to incite certain male persons to commit serious offences with male persons"
Criminal penalty18 months imprisonment
Spouse
(m. 1958; div. 1965)
PartnerWilliam Gronow-Davis
Parents
  • Captain George Henry Lane Fox-Pitt-Rivers
  • Hon. Emily Rachel Forster
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RelativesJulian Pitt-Rivers (brother)

Major Michael Augustus Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (27 May 1917 – December 1999) was a West Country landowner who gained notoriety in Britain in the 1950s when he was put on trial charged with buggery. This trial was instrumental in bringing public attention – and opposition – to the stringent laws against homosexual acts as they then stood.

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