Mary Elizabeth Townshend

1762 - 1821  (58 years)

• Name	Mary Elizabeth Townshend
  Born	02 Sep 1762  [1]
  Died	21 May 1821	Hill Street, Berkeley Square   [1]
  Buried	30 May 1821	Pitt Family Vault, North Transept, Westminster Abbey   [1]
  Person ID	I00950	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021

  
  

  Husband	2nd Earl Chatham, John Pitt,   b. 10 Sep 1756, Hayes, Near Bromley, Kent ,   d. 24 Sep 1835, 10 Charles Street, Berkeley Square  (Age 79 years)
  Married	09 Jul 1783  [1]
  • "Life of the Right Honourable William Pitt" (Volume 1, 1861, page 126), By Philip Henry Stanhope: John Pitt and Mary Townshend spent their honeymoon at Hayes, the Pitts house near Bromely in Kent. William Pitt (at least) was born here.
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00039	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "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.

  
  

• Sources

  [S00010] The Marriage, Baptismal and Burial Registers of the Collegiate Church or Abbey of St. Peter, Westminster, (Name: Name: Name: 1876 Editiion;;;).