Born about in England
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
John Pitt MP
— married
1701 [location unknown]
[children unknown]
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Mary Scrope was the second wife of John Pitt. she bore him a son. [1]
Mary was one of the Hampton Court Beauties painted in the 1690s by Sir Godfrey Kneller for Queen Mary. There were eight portraits, Isabella Bennet, Duchess of Grafton, Margaret Cecil, Countess of Ranelagh, Carey Fraser, Countess of Peterborough, Frances Whitmore, Lady Middleton, Mary Scrope, later Mrs Pitt, Diana De Vere, Duchess of St Albans, Lady Mary Bentinck, Countess of Essex, and Mary Compton, Countess of Dorset. All eight portraits hang in Hampton Court Palace. [2]
Sources
- ↑ History of Parliament online: PITT, John (c.1673-1731), of Crow’s Hall, Debenham, Suff
- ↑ Wikipedia: Hampton Court Beauties
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