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Mary Pitt (née Scrope; born 1676 - date of death unknown) was a British courtier.
Her portrait is one of the Hampton Court Beauties by Godfrey Kneller, commissioned by Queen Mary II of England in 1691.[1] It is held in The Royal Collection. It was said that Mary Pitt was the most beautiful lady in the court, and according to Horace Walpole, the Countess of Dorchestor had advised Queen Mary II against having the most beautiful of her court painted, reasoning that "Madam, if the King were to ask for the portraits of all the wits in his court, would not the rest think he called them fools?"[2]
Family
[edit source]She married John Pitt of Crow's Hall, Debenham, Suffolk,[3] in about 1695.[2]
References
[edit source]- ↑ Clare Jerrold (1911). The fair ladies of Hampton court. Little, Brown, and Co.
- 1 2 "Sir Godfrey Kneller (1646-1723) - Mary Scrope, later Mrs Pitt (b.1676)". The Royal Collection. Retrieved 21 April 2025.
- ↑ David Hayton; Eveline Cruickshanks; Stuart Handley, eds. (2002). The House of Commons, 1690-1715. Vol. 1. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-77221-1.
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