Major-General George Dean Pitt (K.H.)[1] (born 1781[2] or 1772[3][4] died 8 January 1851) was Lieutenant-Governor of the former New Zealand Province of New Ulster from 14 February 1848 to his death on 8 January 1851.[2] His father was George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers.[5]
During his military career before arriving in New Zealand, Pitt, at the time a Major, was stationed (January - September 1828) at Malta with the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers).[6]
Pitt, by then a widower, arrived with his family on the barque Minerva at Auckland on 8 October 1847.[3]
He died while Lieutenant-Governor and was buried in the Symonds Street Cemetery in Auckland.[3]