Diamond Pitt

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Member of Parliament human merchant politician

Diamond Pitt is the nickname of Thomas Pitt, a prominent 17th–18th century English merchant and politician famed for amassing great wealth through the diamond trade.

Statements (41)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Member of Parliament → human → merchant → politician →
activity	acquisition of territorial influence in rotten boroughs → overseas trade in India →
birthPlace	Blandford Forum → Dorset →
birthYear	1653 →
causeOfWealth	East India trade → diamond trade →
child	Robert Pitt →
countryOfBirth	Kingdom of England →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of England →
deathYear	1726 →
employer	English East India Company →
era	17th century → 18th century →
givenName	Thomas →
grandchild	Thomas Pitt, 1st Earl of Londonderry → William Pitt the Elder →
knownFor	selling a large diamond to the French Regent Philippe II, Duke of Orléans → trading diamonds acquired in India →
languageSpoken	English →
memberOf	Parliament of England → Parliament of Great Britain →
nickname	Diamond Pitt →
notableFor	amassing great wealth through the diamond trade → ownership and sale of a very large diamond later known as the Regent Diamond →
occupation	landowner → merchant → politician →
parliamentaryConstituencyRepresented	Hindon → Old Sarum → Wilton →
positionHeld	Governor of Madras →
religion	Anglicanism →
residence	Blandford Forum → Stratfieldsaye House →
socialClass	gentry →
spouse	Jane Innes →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Diamond Pitt → Thomas Pitt →	nickname