Edmund Pytts (died 1753)

Portrait of Edmund Pytts Esq., 1741 (attributed to Joseph Highmore)

Edmund Pytts (c. 1696 – 24 November 1753) was a British Tory politician, MP for Worcestershire 1741–1753.

Pytts was the son of Samuel Pytts MP and Frances Sandys, the daughter of Samuel Sandys MP.[1] He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1713, aged 16.[2] Pytts stood unsuccessfully at Ludlow in 1727. He was elected MP for Worcestershire in 1741, and re-elected unopposed in 1747.[1] A Tory, he voted against the government in all recorded votes.[1]

Personal life

On 24 January 1727, Pytts married Susanna, daughter of Jonathan Collet. She died on 2 April 1742. They had four sons and four daughters,[1] including Edmund Pytts MP. On 12 December 1752, he married Anne, daughter of Sir Streynsham Master and widow of Gilbert Coventry, 4th Earl of Coventry.[1]

Death

He died on 24 November 1753.[1]

References

1. "PYTTS, Edmund (?1696-1753), of Kyre, nr. Tenbury, Worcs". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 12 February 2020.
2. Foster, Joseph (1891). "Pitts, Edmund" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1714. Oxford: James Parker – via Wikisource.

Parliament of Great Britain
Preceded by Sir Herbert Pakington, Bt Edmund Lechmere	Member of Parliament for Worcestershire 1741–1753 With: Edmund Lechmere Viscount Deerhurst John Bulkeley Coventry	Succeeded by Edmund Pytts (II) John Bulkeley Coventry