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Rivers, Baron (UK, 1802 - 1880)

Creation: let.pat. 16 Mar 1802

Extinct: 31 Mar 1880

Family name: Pitt later Pitt-Rivers

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Arms:

Quarterly:  1st and 4th, Sable a Fess chequy Argent and Azure between three Bezants (Pitt);  2nd and 3rd, Per pale Gules and Azure on a Chevron Azure between three Martlets Or an Eagle displayed Sable (Beckford)

Crests:

1st:  A Stork proper (Pitt);  2nd, A Heron's Head erased Or holding in the bill a Fish Argent (Beckford)

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Falcon wings inverted and belled Or;  Sinister:  a Unicorn Or

Motto:

 Aequam Servare Mentem

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George [Pitt], 1st Baron Rivers

son and heir of George Pitt, of Stratfield-Say, co. Hampshire, by his wife Mary Louisa Bernier, dau. of John Bernier

born

1 May 1721

mar.

4 Jun 1745/6 Penelope Atkins (b. c. 1725; d. 1 Jan 1795), sister and hrss. of Sir Richard Atkins, 6th Bt., of Clapham, co. Surrey, and only dau. of Sir Henry Atkins, 4th Bt., of Clapham, co. Surrey, by his wife Penelope Stonhouse, 1st dau. by his second wife of Rt Hon Sir John Stonhouse, 3rd Bt. MP, of Radley, co. Berkshire, Comptroller of the Household

children

1. Hon George Pitt, later 2nd Baron Pitt

1. Hon Penelope Pitt (b. 23 Feb 1749), mar. (1) 16 Dec 1766 (div. by Act of Parliament 7 Nov 1771) as his first wife Edward [Ligonier], 1st Earl Ligonier, and (2) 4 May 1784 Capt ..... Smith, and had issue by her second husband

2. Hon Louisa Pitt (b. c. 1756; d. 30 Apr 1791), mar. 22 Mar 1773 Peter Beckford MP, of Steepleton Irwerne, co. Dorset, and has issue:

1a. William Horace Beckford later Pitt-Rivers, later 3rd Baron Rivers

1a. Harriet Beckford, mar. 27 Jan 1807 Henry Seymer later Ker-Seymer, of Hanford, co. Dorset (b. 22 Jan 1782; d. 1834), and had issue

3. Hon Marcia Lucy Pitt (d. 5 Aug 1822), mar. 23 Jul 1789 James Fox-Lane MP, of Bramham Park, co. York (d. 7 Apr 1821), and had issue

died

7 May 1803

created

20 May 1776 Baron Rivers, of Stratfield-Say in the County of Southampton

16 Mar 1802 Baron Rivers, of Sudeley Castle in the County of Gloucester, with a remainder, failing heirs male of his body, "to his brother Sir William Augustus Pitt KB and the heirs male of his body, in default of which, to William Horace Beckford, Esq., son of Peter Beckford, of Steepleton, co. Dorset, by his late wife, daughter of the said George, Lord Rivers, and the heirs male of his body"

suc. by

son

note

Member of Parliament (Tory) for Shaftesbury 1742-47 and for Dorset 1747-74; Col, Dorset Militia 1757; a Groom of the Bedchamber 1760-70; Envoy to Turin 1761-68; Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire 1780-82 and of Dorset 1793-1803; a Lord of the Bedchamber 1782-1803

George [Pitt], 2nd Baron Rivers

born

19 Sep 1751

died

20 Jul 1828

suc. by

nephew

note

Member of Parliament (Tory) for Dorset 1774-90; a Lord of the Bedchamber 1804-19

William Horace [Beckford later Pitt-Rivers], 3rd Baron Rivers

2nd but 1st surv. son and heir of Peter Beckford MP, of Steepleton Irwerne, co. Dorset, by his wife Hon Louisa Pitt, sister and cohrss of George [Pitt], 2nd Baron Rivers, and 2nd dau. of George [Pitt], 1st Baron Rivers

born

2 Dec 1777

mar.

9 Feb 1808 Frances Rigby (d. 6 Sep 1860), dau. and hrss. of Lt Col Francis Hale Rigby, of Mistley Hall, co. Essex, by his wife Frances Rumbold, dau. of Sir Thomas Rumbold, 1st Bt., Governor of Madras

children

1. Hon George Beckford later Pitt-Rivers, later 4th Baron Rivers

2. Hon Horace Beckford later Pitt later Pitt-Rivers, later 6th Baron Rivers

1. Hon Fanny Pitt (d. 1 Feb 1836), mar. 24 Jul 1834 Frederick William Cox

2. Hon Harriet Elizabeth Pitt, a Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria (dsp. 18 Jul 1876), mar. 18 Sep 1841 Charles Dashwood Bruce (b. 1802; d. 18 Jul 1878), 1st son of Hon Charles Arthur Bruce, Governor of Prince of Wales's Island (by his second wife Charlotte Sophia Dashwood, 1st dau. of Thomas Dashwood), 3rd son of Charles [Bruce], 5th Earl of Elgin

died

23 Jan 1831

suc. by

son

note

took by Royal Licence 1828 for himself and his issue male, being successors to certain estates of the Pitt family, the name of Pitt-Rivers, and for the rest of the issue the name of Pitt, in lieu of Beckford

George [Beckford later Pitt-Rivers], 4th Baron Rivers

born

16 Jul 1810

mar.

2 Feb 1833 Lady Susan Georgiana Leveson-Gower (b. 25 Oct 1810; d. 30 Apr 1866), 1st dau. of George [Leveson-Gower], 1st Earl Granville, by his wife Lady Harriet Elizabeth Cavendish, 2nd dau. of William [Cavendish], 5th Duke of Devonshire

children

1. Hon George Horace Pitt-Rivers (b. 20 Mar 1834; dvp. 20 Dec 1850)

2. Hon Granville Beckford Pitt-Rivers (b. 26 Jul 1838; dvp. 20 Aug 1855)

3. Hon William Frederick Pitt-Rivers (b. 21 Oct 1845; dvp. 8 Jul 1859)

4. Hon Henry Peter Pitt-Rivers, later 5th Baron Rivers

1. Hon Susan Harriet Pitt-Rivers, mar. 30 Jul 1872 Edmund Oldfield

2. Hon Fanny Georgiana Pitt-Rivers, Lady of the Bedchamber to Princess Alexandra, Princess of Wales (b. 26 Dec 1836;  d. 26 Oct 1896), mar. 16 Jan 1861 her half-cousin George Godolphin [Osborne], 9th Duke of Leeds, and had issue

3. Hon Blanche Caroline Pitt-Rivers

4. Hon Alice Charlotte Pitt-Rivers, mar. 26 Apr 1865 Col William Arbuthnott (d. 21 Jun 1865)

5. Hon Mary Emma Pitt-Rivers, a Maid of Honour to Queen Victoria

6. Hon Margaret Grace Pitt-Rivers

7. Hon Gertrude Emily Pitt-Rivers

8. Hon Constance Elizabeth Pitt-Rivers (d. 2 Jun 1875)

died

28 Apr 1866

suc. by

son

note

a Lord-in-Waiting 1841-46, 1853-58 and 1859-66

Henry Peter [Pitt-Rivers], 5th Baron Rivers

born

7 Apr 1849

died

17 Mar 1867

suc. by

uncle

note

Horace [Beckford later Pitt later Pitt-Rivers], 6th Baron Rivers

born

12 Apr 1814

mar. (1)

10 Apr 1845 Eleanor Suter (d. 3 Sep 1872)

mar. (2)

26 Jun 1873 Emmeline Laura Bastard (mar. (2) 2 Jul 1881 Montague George Thorold (d. 18 Dec 1920), 2nd son of Sir John Charles Thorold, 11th Bt.; dsp. 1 Oct 1918), dau. of Capt John Pownall William Bastard

died

s.p. 31 Mar 1880

note

Lt Col in the Army; Maj, Royal Horse Guards 1853; retired 1854

On the death of the 6th Baron Rivers the Barony of Rivers became extinct.

 Last updated 31 Jan 2004

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