Mary Pitt (politician)
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Mary Pitt (née Scrope; born 1676 - date of death unknown) was a British courtier. Her portrait is one of the
Hampton Court Beauties The Hampton Court Beauties are a series of eight portraits by Sir Godfrey Kneller, commissioned by Queen Mary II of England, depicting the most glamorous ladies from the court of William III. They adorn the state rooms of King William III at ...
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Godfrey Kneller Sir Godfrey Kneller, 1st Baronet (born Gottfried Kniller; 8 August 1646 – 19 October 1723), was the leading portrait painter in England during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was court painter to Kingdom of England, English and Br ...
, commissioned by Queen
Mary II of England Mary II (30 April 166228 December 1694) was List of English monarchs, Queen of England, List of Scottish monarchs, Scotland, and Monarchy of Ireland, Ireland, co-reigning with her husband, William III of England, William III & II, from 1689 unt ...
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Family

She married John Pitt of Crow's Hall, Debenham,
Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...
, brother of
George Pitt (1663-1735) George Pitt (c. 1663–1735), of Strathfield Saye, Hampshire, was a British landowner and Tory politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1694 and 1727. Early life Statfield Saye House Pitt was the eldest son of George Pitt of Strathfi ...
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References

1676 births Place of death unknown Year of death unknown People from Mid Suffolk District English courtiers {{England-bio-stub