William Pitt (courtier)

Arms of Pitt: Sable, a fesse chequy argent and azure between three bezants, arms granted to Sir William Pitt's father and re-granted to himself in 1604 by William Camden[1]
Stratfield Saye House, Hampshire

Sir William Pitt (1559 – 29 May 1636) of Old Palace Yard, Westminster, and of Hartley Wespall[2] and Stratfield Saye, both in Hampshire, and of Iwerne Stepleton in Dorset,[3] was an English courtier and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1614 and 1625.

  1. ^ Collins
  2. ^ John. P. Ferris, biography of PITT, William (c.1559-1636), of Old Palace Yard, Westminster and Hartley Wespall, Hants., published in History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1604-1629, ed. Andrew Thrush and John P. Ferris, 2010 [1]
  3. ^ His grant of arms in 1604 was made by William Camden to "William Pitt of Ewern Stapleton (sic) in Dorset" (Collins)