David Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead

The Right Honourable
The Lord Pitt
Born
David Thomas Pitt

(1913-10-03)3 October 1913
St. David's Parish, Grenada
Died18 December 1994(1994-12-18) (aged 81)
London, UK
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
Occupation(s)Medical practitioner, politician and activist.
Spouse
Dorothy (née Alleyne) Lady Pitt
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(m. 1943)​
Children1 son, 2 daughters

David Thomas Pitt, Baron Pitt of Hampstead (3 October 1913 – 18 December 1994)[1] was a British Labour Party politician, general practitioner and political activist. Born in Grenada, in the Caribbean, he was the second peer of African descent to sit in the House of Lords, being granted a life peerage in 1975, and was the longest serving Black Parliamentarian.[2]

  1. ^ Phillips, Mike (23 September 2004). "Pitt, David Thomas, Baron Pitt of Hampstead". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/55254. Retrieved 24 September 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ Gregory, Phil (26 September 2010). "Lord David Pitt". The Black Presence in Britain. Retrieved 24 September 2020.