Harriet Villiers
(died 1736)
About Harriet Villiers
Lived 1680 – 1736 (aged 55–56).
Family Villiers was born into Anglo-Irish nobility as the daughter of Edward FitzGerald-Villiers and the Irish heiress Katherine FitzGerald.
Life In 1704, she married Robert Pitt, who was elected to the House of Commons in the 1705 general election. Together Harriet and Robert had four children:
Thomas Pitt, who was an MP William Pitt, who was an MP and prime minister (1756–57, 1757–1762 and 1766–1768) Harriot Pitt married William Corbet MP. Catherine Pitt married Robert Nedham MP.
Death Villiers died in 1736 and was buried at Layston Church in Buntingford, Hertfordshire. Her mother and her son are buried at Westminster Abbey.
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Who was Harriet Villiers?
(died 1736)
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Harriet Villiers was born in 1680.
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Harriet Villiers died on 21 October 1736.
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