Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc

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Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc (born c. 1705 and died 17 July 1761) was the Lord Warden of the Stannaries until 1751, when the Cornish Stannary Parliament last met. He was the grandson and namesake of the better known Thomas Pitt and brother to William Pitt the Elder. He married the sister of Lord Lyttelton and was the father of the first Baron Camelford.

He was Member of Parliament for the family rotten borough of Old Sarum from 1727–1728, 1734–1735, for a few months in 1747, 1754–1755 and in the last few months of his life in 1761.

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Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by: John Pitt George Pitt	Member for Old Sarum with The Earl of Londonderry 1727–1728	Succeeded by: The Earl of Londonderry Matthew St. Quintin
Preceded by: Matthew St. Quintin Thomas Harrison	Member for Old Sarum with Robert Nedham 1734–1735	Succeeded by: Robert Nedham William Pitt
Preceded by: William Pitt Edward Willes	Member for Old Sarum with Sir William Irby, Bt 1747	Succeeded by: Earl of Middlesex The Viscount Doneraile
Preceded by: Earl of Middlesex Simon Fanshawe	Member for Old Sarum with Viscount Pulteney 1754–1755	Succeeded by: Viscount Pulteney Sir William Calvert
Preceded by: Viscount Pulteney Sir William Calvert	Member for Old Sarum with Howell Gwynne 1761	Succeeded by: Howell Gwynne Thomas Pitt