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1ST BARON THOMAS PITT CAMELFORD (1737...

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Originally appearing in Volume V05, Page 103 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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BARON See also:THOMAS See also:PITT See also:CAMELFORD (1737_1793)  , See also:English politician and See also:art See also:patron, was a See also:nephew of the 1st See also:earl of See also:Chatham . He sat in See also:parliament from 1761 till 1784, siding against his See also:uncle and following See also:George See also:Grenville, who was also a relative; and in 1784 he was raised to the See also:peerage . He dabbled in See also:architecture and the arts generally, and was a prominent figure in the See also:artistic circles of his See also:day . His son See also:THOMAS See also:PITT, 2nd See also:Baron See also:Camelford (1775-1804), who succeeded him in 1793, had an adventurous and misspent career in the See also:navy, but is principally remembered for his See also:death in a See also:duel with Mr Best on the loth of See also:March 1804, the See also:title becoming See also:extinct .

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