George Dean Pitt
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Major General George Dean Pitt Template:Post-nominals (1781[1] or 1772[2][3] – 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.[1]
Early life
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Major Dean Pitt was stationed at Malta with the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) from January to September 1828.[4]
Arrival in New Zealand
Dean Pitt arrived with his family on the barque Minerva at Auckland on 8 October 1847.[2] He was the second most important military man in the new colony during the governorship of George Grey. His son and two of his sons-in-law were part of the military establishment as well. 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.
Ill for some time, he died on 8 January 1851 while Lieutenant-Governor and was buried with full military honours in the Symonds Street Cemetery in Auckland. A number of retail businesses in Auckland closed for the day of his funeral.[5]
Personal life
He married Susan Baillie at St James' Church, Bristol, England, on 21 May 1818.[6]
Children
- Georgina Dean Pitt (11 April 1819–) Born at Clifton[6]
- Emelia Marie Dean Pitt (20 June 1820–5 April 1877) Born at Edinburgh.[6] m. 23 May 1848 at St. Paul's Church, Auckland, Captain J. H. Laye[7]
- George Dean Pitt (14 June 1823–4 April 1883) Born at Cheltenham.[6] m. 22 November 1842 Louisa Jones (18 February 1816–8 July 1889)
- Georgiana Dean Pitt (1822–23 May 1877)
- Louisa Dean Pitt (12 April 1825–7 April 1873) Born at Malta.[6] m. 18 November 1848 Lieutenant George Hyde Page, at St. Paul's Church, Auckland[7]
- Susan Dean Pitt (21 January 1828–) Born at Malta.[6]
- Douglas Charles Dean Pitt (1829–) Born in Ireland. m. 10 December 1878 Alice Antoinette Birdwood at Mahableshwar, Bombay, India.
- Charlotte Marcia Dean Pitt (6 March 1830–7 April 1873) Born at Malta.[6] m. 18 November 1848 Captain Charles Lavallin Nugent, at St. Paul's Church, Auckland[7]
- William Augustus Dean Pitt (1833–8 November 1890) m. 11 June 1863 Anne Isabella Lloyd Gellibrand at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He was buried in Symonds Street Cemetery next to his father.
- Clara Eliza Dean Pitt (5 September 1838–1916) Born at Bristol. Died at Kensington, England, unmarried.
- Susan Dean Pitt (born 14 July 1847)
References
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