Edmund Pytts (23 February 1729 – 13 December 1781) was a British

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politician, MP for

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1753–1761. Pytts was the son of Edmund Pytts and Susanna Collet. He may have been educated at

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1742–45, and entered

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in 1745. Pytts' grandfather

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and father Edmund Pytts had both served as MP for Worcestershire. Following his father's death in 1753, he was elected unopposed to succeed him in a by-election, and re-elected unopposed in

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. He did not stand in

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, nor in any subsequent election. He served as the

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1771–72. Pytts inherited the family manor at Kyre Park, Worcestershire, owned by the Pytts family since 1575. He conveyed the property to his brother Jonathan some time before his death.Kyre Park. He died on 13 December 1781.

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