Notes:

--- "York Herald" Saturday, 18 Aug 1888, page 14:
WILLS AND BEQUESTS
The will of Mr. John Pitt-Taylor, formerly Judge of County Courts, late of Eccleston-square, has been proved, the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of 61,000l.

--- "Aberdeen Evening Express" Saturday, 18 Aug 1888, page 2:
The will (dated March 12, 1886), with a codicil (dated May 10, 1888), of Mr John Pitt-Taylor, formerly Judge of County Courts, late of No. 58 Eccleston Square, who died on July 17, was proved on July 31 by Charles Pitt-Taylor, the son, one of the executors, the value of the personal estate amounting to upwards of 61,000l.

John married Harriet Shircliffe on 20 Mar 1845 in St. George, Hanover Square, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
• FindMyPast Parish Records Collection:
License date: 17 Mar 1845
License date year: 1845
Bride's last name: SHIRCLIFFE
Bride's first name: Harriet
Dual date: 17 Mar 1845
Groom's last name: TAYLOR
Groom's first name: John Pitt
Record source: Faculty Office Marriage Licence Allegations 1701-1850

Thomas married Lucy Rachel Stanhope on 26 Apr 1796 in Chevening, Kent. Lucy (daughter of 3rd Earl Stanhope Charles Stanhope and Hester Pitt) was born on 20 Feb 1780; was christened on 30 Mar 1780 in St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road, St. Marylebone, London; died on 01 Mar 1814 in Coldharbour, Surrey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Charles married Hester Pitt on 19 Dec 1774. Hester (daughter of 1st Earl Chatham, William Pitt and Lady Chatham Hester Grenville) was born on 18 Oct 1755 in Pay Office; was christened on 20 Nov 1755 in Saint Martin in the Fields, Westminster, London; died on 18 Jul 1780 in Chevening, Kent; was buried in South East Vault under the Stanhope Chantry at St. Botolph's, Chevening, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On her Christening Record (IGI Batch # C00145-8), Hester's name is mistakenly transcribed as "Esther". Her mother's name is also listed as the same.

--- "Derby Mercury" 21 Jul 1780, page 3:
On Thursday the 20th Instant died, at Chevening, in Kent, the Seat of Earl Stanhope, Hester Vicoutess Mahon, eldest Daughter of the late Earl of Chatham, in the 25th Year of her Age. Her many good and amiable Qualities make her greatly lamented by her Family and Friends.

--- "The Gentleman's Magazine" Vol. 50, 1780, page 348:
18. At Chevening, in Kent, the seat of the earl of Stanhope, Hester Viscountess Mahon, eldest dau. to the late earl of Chatham, in the 25th year of her age.

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Notes:

Married:
"Lady Hester Lucy Stanhope: A New Light on Her Life and Love Affairs" by Frank Hamel pub: 1913 page 5:

The wedding tool place on December 19th, 1774, when Charles was still Lord Mahon. The Rev. Francis Fawkes, Rector of Hayes, addressed the following lines to the bride-groom, making a delicate allusion to his well-known Republican attitude:

'When gentle hearts in faithful union join,
And mix the Hero's with the Patriot line,
With every charm uniting every grace,
And all the virtues of the Temple race,
The happy omen we with joy admit,
And bless the match of Stanhope and Pitt.'

Notes:

--- "Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham" by Basil Williams, Volume 1, page 28:
William was born on Monday morning at about eight o'clock in the morning.
The same book also transcribes his Christening record as follows: "1708 December 13. William, of Robert Pitts, Esq., and Henrietta, born November 15; baptized." In the biography, the godfathers are listed as George Pitt of Strathfieldsaye and General William Stewart (William Pitt's grandmother Grandison's second husband, after whom he was named.).

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William married Lady Chatham Hester Grenville on 16 Nov 1754 in Lady Hester's Lodgings in Argyle Street. Hester (daughter of Richard Grenville and Hester Temple) was born on 08 Nov 1720; was christened on 06 Dec 1720 in St. James, Westminster, Middlesex, England; died on 03 Apr 1803 in Burton Pynsent, Somerset; was buried on 16 Apr 1803 in Pitt Family Vault, North Transept, Westminster Abbey. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

-- "The Sun" 18 Apr 1803, page 3:
FUNERAL OF THE COUNTESS DOWAGER OF CHATHAM .
About two o'clock on Saturday afternoon the remains of this truly respectable and illustrious Lady were interred in Westminster Abbey, with appropriate splendour and solemnity. The funeral procession to the Abbey consisted, besides the hearse, of five mourning coaches, drawn by six horses each. One of these, in which the coronet of the deceased, as a Countess, was carried, preceded the hearse. The hearse and mourning coaches were appropriately decorated with escutcheons, &c. exhibiting the twofold armorial bearings of the deceased, as a Baroness in her own right, and as the wife of an Earl, both which were surmounted by the respective coronets. The mourning coaches were followed by eighteen carriages, belonging to the relatives, friends, or adherents of the noble family of Pitt.

The procession entered the Abbey in the following order: -- First, a person dressed in full mourning, carrying the coronet of the deceased Countess on a cushion; her Ladyship's domestic Chaplain followed. The body was then borne, in a coffin covered with crimson velvet, richly, but not gaudily ornamented. The mourners were nine in number, domestics of her Ladyship, or adherents of the family. One of these followed the coffin. One of these followed the coffin singly and appeared much affected.

The procession had no sooner entered the Abbey than the mob, who were collected on the outside (and who, it seems, by permitted usage, regard such things as a kind of legal prize) rushed forward, with indecent, almost sacrilegious haste, and despoiled the hearse, &c. of all the escutcheons and armorial hearings that were attached to it.

About half way between the Western Gate and the Choir, the procession was met by several of the principal Dignitaries and Ecclesiastics of the Chapter, and the greater part of the Choral Establishment of the Abbey: the organ immediately struck up, and those parts of the burial service appointed to be sung on solemn or extraordinary occasions, were chanted by these Gentlemen. The body was not taken into the Choir: the procession filed off to the left, and proceeded to the North cross isle, about the centre of which is situated the family vault. The coffin being lowered into the vault, the remainder of the burial service was performed, and the organ, pealing at intervals, added greatly to the effect of this solemn scene. The last sad offices being finished, the mourners, &c. withdrew to the coaches, and the procession returned nearly in a similar order to that in which it came.

The vault is not opposite to, or very near, the splendid monument, which the grateful munificence of Parliament decreed to the transcendent talents and virtues of the late illustrious Earl of Chatham, but at a distance of about 25 or 30 feet therefrom, and nearly opposite the monument of Lord Robert Manners. It is of small dimensions, the length not exceeding ten feet, the breadth six, and the height about eight feet. In the bottom are deposited the coffins of the late Earl, and his second daughter, Lady Harriet Eliot, who died in September 1786.

The coffin of the late Countess Dowager was deposited upon that of the Earl; the lid was ornamented with a plain double moulding highly gilt; within which were a single row of large embossed nails. On a large square gilt plate, were engraved the name, heraldic distinctions, &c. of the deceased.

Among the carriages which formed the part of the procession, we noticed those of the Earl of Chatham, Lord Grenville, Lady Camelford, Lords Paulet and Hood.

--- Note on the Pitt Family Vault in Westminster Abbey from "The Universal Magazine" Volume V January to June, Inclusive 1806:
"The family vault in which the remains of Mr. Pitt have been interred, is situated near the North Door of Westminster Abbey, nearly opposite the end of King-street. It already contained the bodies of the Great Earl of Chatham, of the late Countess Dowager of Chatham, and of Lady Harriet Elliot. This receptacle is about ten feet by six, and about ten feet deep."

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Notes:

Married:
• "Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham" by Basil Williams, Volume 2, page 247:
On Saturday, November 16, 1754, two days after the opening of the session, William Pitt and Lady Hester Grenville were ;married in her lodgings in Argyle Street. Dr. Ayscough, brother-in-law of George Lyttelton, and an old friend of both families, married them under special license. A few friends only were present at the ceremony, and on the same day Pitt and his wife went to West's house at Wickam, lent them for their brief honeymoon. . . . they were undisturbed together for barely ten days.