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His father was George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers.
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George Pitt
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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). Pitt arrived with his family on the barque Minerva at Auckland on 8 October 1847. Pitt was the second most important military man in the new colony during the governorship of George Grey.
His residence was located in Pitt street, which had originally been called Pyt Street after a childhood home of the first governor William Hobson, it is likely the spelling changed because of Dean Pitt"s presence.
He died while Lieutenant-Governor and was buried in the Symonds Street Cemetery in Auckland.
