Joseph Pitt (1759–1842) was a British lawyer of humble origins who prospered as a property speculator, notably in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, but also in Wiltshire, and who served as a Tory MP for Cricklade, Wiltshire 1812–1831.Baptised 24 June 1759 at Badgeworth, Glos (Parish Register). See also his entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, article 93748. His name is commemorated in Pittville, Cheltenham, his largest speculative development.
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