The Life of Thomas Pitt
The Life of Thomas Pitt
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Originally published in 1915, this book contains the biography of Thomas Pitt, the grandfather of William Pitt the Elder and owner of the famous Pitt Diamond, now known as the Regent Diamond and in the collection of the Louvre Museum. Sir Cornelius Neale Dalton focuses mostly on Pitt's time as Governor of Madras, but also addresses his role in the Hanoverian succession and his youthful adventures. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the colonial history of India or in late Stuart government.
Product details
- Published: December 2014
- Format: Paperback
- ISBN: 9781107643857
- Length: 642 pages
- Dimensions: 229 × 152 × 36 mm
- Weight: 0.93kg
- Availability: Available
Table of Contents
- 1. The Dorset Pitt family
- 2. Early days in India
- 3. The interlopers' triumph
- 4. A set back to interloping
- 5. Ten years in England
- 6. Pitt's last interloping adventure
- 7. Appointed Governor of Fort St George
- 8. Fort St George
- 9. The New East India Company
- 10. The embassy to the Great Mogul
- 11. The end of the embassy
- 12. Daud Khan
- 13. The blockade of Fort St George
- 14. The Great Diamond leaves India
- 15. The union of the two companies
- 16. The Great Diamond in England
- 17. Official worries begin
- 18. Further official troubles
- 19. The right and left hand castes
- 20. Negotiations with the mogul
- 21. Last days at Fort St George
- 22. The Governor's deposition
- 23. Conjugal estrangement
- 24. Robert Pitt
- 25. The Governor's return to England
- 26. Starting life again at home
- 27. Family and political discords
- 28. The Hanoverian succession
- 29. The Governorship of Jamaica
- 30. The sale of the Great Diamond
- 31. Declining years and death
- 32. His character
- Index.
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