Background
Pitt was born at Boconnoc, Cornwall on March 3, 1793. His father was Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc. His mother was Christian, eldest daughter of Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet.
Pitt was born at Boconnoc, Cornwall on March 3, 1793. His father was Thomas Pitt of Boconnoc. His mother was Christian, eldest daughter of Thomas Lyttelton, 4th Baronet.
Thomas Pitt Camelford was educated at Clare College, Cambridge.
Thomas Pitt Camelford sat in parliament from 1761 till 1784, siding against his uncle and following George Grenville, who was also a relative; and in 1784 he was raised to the peerage. He dabbled in architecture and the arts generally, and was a prominent figure in the artistic circles of his day. His son Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford (1775 - 1804), who succeeded him in 1793, had an adventurous and misspent career in the navy, but is principally remembered for his death in a duel with Mr Best on the 10th of March 1804, the title becoming extinct.
In July 1771 Pitt married Anne Wilkinson, the younger daughter and coheiress of Pinckney Wilkinson.
