Thomas Pitt, English merchant and politician (born 1653)

Thomas Pitt

British merchant, colonial administrator and politician (1653–1726)

Thomas Pitt was a British merchant, colonial administrator and politician who served as the president of Fort St. George from 1698 to 1709. Born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, he eventually went to the Indian subcontinent in the service of the English East India Company (EIC) and…