Thomas Pitt: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Diamond Pitt
Born	July 5, 1653 • England
Died	April 28, 1726 (aged 72) • Berkshire
Title / Office	governor (1697-1709), Chennai

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Thomas Pitt, detail of a print after an oil painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller

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George Pigot, Baron Pigot, oil painting by George Willison, 1777; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

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British colonial official

Robert Clive

Robert Clive

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Warren Hastings, oil painting by Tilly Kettle; in the National Portrait Gallery, London.

Warren Hastings

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Stringer Lawrence, oil painting by Thomas Gainsborough; in the National Portrait Gallery, London

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Charles T. Metcalfe

Charles T. Metcalfe

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Sir Josiah Child, 1st Baronet

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Job Charnock

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Claudius James Rich

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Sir Thomas Smythe

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Sir John Child, Baronet

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Sir James Lancaster

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Robert Campbell

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Jakob Fugger II the Rich

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Jacques Coeur, 19th-century engraving

Jacques Coeur

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Wellesley, Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess

Richard Colley Wellesley, Marquess Wellesley

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Mangal Pandey

Mangal Pandey

Indian soldier

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Susan Wojcicki

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Sir Eyre Coote

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