Ancestral Trails 2016 » William Horace PITT-RIVERS (1777-1831)

Personal data William Horace PITT-RIVERS 

  • He was born on December 2, 1777 in Steepleton Iwerne, Blandford Forum, Dorset.
  • Title: 3rd Baron Rivers
  • (Known as) : Horace Beckford until 1828.
  • He died on January 23, 1831 in Serpentine River, Hyde Park, Middlesex, he was 53 years old.
    Drowned

Household of William Horace PITT-RIVERS

He is married to Frances RIGBY.

They got married on February 9, 1808 at Mistley Hall, Mistley, Essex, he was 30 years old.


Child(ren):

  1. George PITT-RIVERS  1810-1866 
  2. Horace PITT-RIVERS  1814-1880
  3. Fanny PITT  1810-1836


Notes about William Horace PITT-RIVERS

William Horace Pitt-Rivers, 3rd Baron Rivers (2 December 1777 - 23 January 1831), known as Horace Beckford until 1828, was a British nobleman and gambler.

The only surviving son of Peter Beckford of Steepleton Iwerne and Hon. Louisa Pitt, he married Frances Rigby on 9 February 1808, in the house of her father, Lieutenant-Colonel Francis Hale Rigby in Upper Grosvenor Street, London. They had four children:

George Pitt-Rivers, 4th Baron Rivers (1810-1866)
Horace Pitt-Rivers, 6th Baron Rivers (1814-1880)
Hon. Fanny Pitt (d. 1 February 1836), married Frederick William Cox on 24 July 1834
Hon. Harriet Elizabeth Pitt (1816 - 18 July 1876), maid of honour to Queen Victoria, married on 18 September 1841 Charles Dashwood Bruce (1802-1878), without issue

He succeeded his father in his estates in 1811. As Horace Beckford, he was a notorious gambler and a member of Crockford's during the Regency era. His mania for high play was so pronounced that when his maternal uncle, George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers died on 20 July 1828, he left Beckford (who succeeded him in the title by special remainder) only £4,000 per year directly, leaving the bulk of his estate, worth £40,000 per year, in the hands of trustees for Horace's eldest son George. On 20 November, Horace assumed the name of Pitt-Rivers for himself and his successors in the Pitt estates, the rest of his issue to take the name of Pitt. He was a Tory in politics.

His godson and relative, Sir Horace Rumbold, recounted that he had left a bond with a close friend pledging neither to play cards or dice again, and upheld this for some years. However, in January 1831, he was persuaded by friends to gamble again, and lost a small sum of money. Despairing of controlling his addiction, he drowned himself in The Serpentine on 23 January 1831. Contemporary reports, by contrast, suggested his losses in his last game had been large. His widow died on 6 September 1860 at Rushmore Lodge, in Cranborne Chase, Dorset.
SOURCE: Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horace_Pitt-Rivers,_3rd_Baron_Rivers

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Horace PITT-RIVERS

William Horace PITT-RIVERS
1777-1831

1808

Frances RIGBY
1785-1860

George PITT-RIVERS
1810-1866
Horace PITT-RIVERS
1814-1880
Fanny PITT
1810-1836
Harriet Elizabeth PITT
1816-1876

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Birthday December 2, 1777

  • The temperature on December 2, 1777 was about 7.0 °C. There was 4 mm of rainWind direction mainly northwest. Weather type: regen omtrent helder. Special wheather fenomena: noorderlicht. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1777: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 27 » American Revolutionary War: The Battle of Ridgefield: A British invasion force engages and defeats Continental Army regulars and militia irregulars at Ridgefield, Connecticut.
    • July 31 » The U.S. Second Continental Congress passes a resolution that the services of Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette "be accepted, and that, in consideration of his zeal, illustrious family and connexions, he have the rank and commission of major-general of the United States."
    • September 11 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Brandywine: The British celebrate a major victory in Chester County, Pennsylvania.
    • September 27 » American Revolution: Lancaster, Pennsylvania becomes the capital of the United States for one day after Congress evacuates Philadelphia.
    • October 6 » American Revolutionary War: British forces capture Forts Clinton and Montgomery on the Hudson River.
    • December 24 » Kiritimati, also called Christmas Island, is discovered by James Cook.

Day of marriage February 9, 1808

  • The temperature on February 9, 1808 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly west-northwest. Weather type: half bewolkt hagel . Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1808: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 1 » The United States bans the importation of slaves.
    • January 22 » The Portuguese royal family arrives in Brazil after fleeing the French army's invasion of Portugal two months earlier.
    • February 11 » Jesse Fell burns anthracite on an open grate as an experiment in heating homes with coal.
    • April 8 » The Roman Catholic Diocese of Baltimore is promoted to an archdiocese, with the founding of the dioceses of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bardstown (now Louisville) by Pope Pius VII.
    • May 2 » Outbreak of the Peninsular War: The people of Madrid rise up in rebellion against French occupation. Francisco de Goya later memorializes this event in his painting The Second of May 1808.
    • September 14 » Finnish War: Russians defeat the Swedes at the Battle of Oravais.

Day of death January 23, 1831

  • The temperature on January 23, 1831 was about 2.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: mist. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1831: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 24 » The Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek, the first removal treaty in accordance with the Indian Removal Act, is proclaimed. The Choctaws in Mississippi cede land east of the river in exchange for payment and land in the West.
    • April 12 » Soldiers marching on the Broughton Suspension Bridge in Manchester, England, cause it to collapse.
    • August 12 » French intervention forces William I of the Netherlands to abandon his attempt to suppress the Belgian Revolution.
    • October 30 » Nat Turner is arrested for leading the bloodiest slave rebellion in United States history.
    • November 11 » In Jerusalem, Virginia, Nat Turner is hanged after inciting a violent slave uprising.
    • November 17 » Ecuador and Venezuela are separated from Gran Colombia.


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