_Scott’s Fasti Scoticanæ i_, _part_ 1, _p._ 274.
PITMAN, FREDERICK. _b._ Trowbridge, Wilts. 1828; bookseller,
phonetic shorthand writer and reporter at 1 Queen’s Head
passage, Paternoster row, London 1847, and at 20 Paternoster row
1850 to death; edited The shorthand magazine 1866 to his death;
The phonographic student 1867–76, ten volumes; The phonographic
pulpit 1869–76, seven volumes, and The phonographic lecturer
1871 etc.; and was the author of Second book in phonetic reading
for adults 1850; Pitman’s Reporters’ reading book 1867; Learning
to report 1883; How to get speed in shorthand 1884; Pitman’s
Shorthand library, Tom Brown’s school days 1884. _d._ Oak lawn,
Avenue road, Crouch End, Hornsey, Middlesex 21 Nov. 1886.
PITMAN, JOHN ROGERS. _b._ 1782; educ. Pemb. coll. Camb., B.A.
1804, M.A. 1815; P.C. of Berden and V. of Ugley, Essex 18 Feb.
1817, resigned 1846; preached at Berkeley and Belgrave chapels,
London, also at Foundling and Magdalene hospitals; P.C. of St.
Barnabas, Kensington 1833–48; domestic chaplain to duchess of
Kent 1848–61; author of Excerpta ex variis Romanis poetis 1808,
2 ed. 1817; Practical lectures upon the ten first chapters
of the gospel of St. John 1821, Supplement 1822; The school
Shakespeare with notes 1822, 2 ed. 1851; Sophoclis Ajax, Greek
and Latin, with notes 1830; A practical commentary on our Lord’s
sermon on the mount 1852. _d._ 8 Green park buildings, Bath 27
Aug. 1861.
PITMAN, JOSEPH (brother of sir Isaac Pitman, _b._ 1815). _b._
1818; engaged with Thomas Allen Reid in lecturing in Great
Britain on Pitman’s system of shorthand many years; lived in
retirement at Worthing 1885 to death. _d._ Worthing about 1
April 1895.
PITMAN, MRS. Became proprietor of The Sporting review on her
husband’s death in 1827, and conducted it with much skill until
the four sporting serials, The Sporting review, The Sporting
magazine, The New sporting magazine, and The Sportsman, were
united in July 1846. _d._ Feb. 1858. _Sporting Review xxxix_ 153
(1858).
PITMAN, SAMUEL (son of rev. Samuel Pitman of Oulton hall,
Norfolk, _d._ 1854). _b._ 1816; educ. Trin. coll. Camb.;
captain West Somerset yeomanry cavalry; master of the Taunton
harriers, hunting on alternate days with the Blackmoor vale
foxhounds; hunted his own harriers in the Langport and Martock
districts; master of South Berkshire fox hounds 1873, for 3
seasons he hunted both packs; at last his health gave way under
the strain of hunting five and even six days a week; with sir
T. Acland instrumental in reviving the Bath and west of England
agricultural society 1850; resided Bishop’s Hull manor, Taunton.
_d._ Tunbridge Wells 15 April 1886. _The Times 19 April 1886 p._
5.
PITMAN, THOMAS (2 son of Thomas Dix Pitman, solicitor, London).
_b._ 1801; educ. Wadham coll. Oxf., B.A. 1826, M.A. 1827; C. of
Brightwell, Oxfordshire 1826–8; V. of Eastbourne, Sussex 1828
to death; prebendary of Chichester 27 Aug. 1841 to death. _d._
Eastbourne 11 May 1890. _I.L.N. 24 May 1890 p._ 646 _portrait_.
PITTMAN, JOSIAH. _b._ 3 Sept. 1816; organist of Sydenham parish
church 1831; organist of Tooting parish church 1833–5; organist
at Ch. Ch. Spitalfields 1835–47; organist at Lincoln’s Inn
1852–64; accompanist at Her Majesty’s opera 1865–8 and at Covent
Garden 1868 to death; a regular frequenter of the Albion tavern,
Russell st. Covent garden, where he always sat in the same box;
author of The people in church 1858; The people in the cathedral
1859; author with Colin Brown of Songs of Scotland 1873; edited
Hymns and canticles 1858; Six easy preludes by J. S. Bach 1858;
The musical antiquarian magazine 1863–5, fifteen numbers; The
contralto album, 50 songs 1878; The prima donna’s album, 40
songs 1878; The tenor album, 50 songs 1878; The baritone album,
45 songs 1879; Songs from the operas, 2 vols. 1880; A series
of studies for pianoforte, organ, or harmonium 1882; Album of
40 duets 1885; Diversions for students, 2 books 1889; he also
edited a large number of single operas 1865–80; his name is
attached to upwards of 100 works. _d._ 228 Piccadilly, London 23
April 1886. _London Figaro 1 May 1886 p._ 12.
PITT, CHARLES DIBDIN (1 son of George Dibdin Pitt). _b._ 1819;
acted in the provinces; first appeared in London as Ferdinand in
the Tempest at Covent Garden 1843; acted in the provinces; with
his wife played in the United States and Canada, first appearing
at Park st. theatre, New York as Hamlet on 8 Nov. 1847, produced
The Cavalier or England in 1640 on 10 Nov.; last appeared in New
York 1851; appeared as Lear at City of London theatre 15 March
1852; in John Wilkins’ The Egyptian, March 1853; as Bottom in
Midsummer night’s dream 5 June 1854; in the Spanish girl March
1857; lessee of theatre royal, Sheffield at his death; _m._
1839 Ellen Coveney, actress. _d._ 87 Norfolk st. Sheffield 21
Feb. 1866. _bur._ Sheffield general cemetery 23 Feb. _Tallis’
Drawing-room table book_ 1851, _Part_ 20 _portrait_; _M.
Williams’ Some London theatres_ (1883) 61–9; _The Era 25 Feb.
1866 p._ 11, _4 March p._ 10; _Illust. Sporting News 16 March
1866 pp._ 129, 142; _Ireland’s New York stage ii_ 486 (1867).
PITT, GEORGE DEAN-. Lieut. Royal West India rangers as George
Dean 5 Dec. 1805, captain 10 Aug. 1809, placed on h.p. 1814;
took additional name of Pitt 1819; major 80 foot 19 Aug. 1819,
lieut. col. 18 April 1822 to 24 March 1837; superintendent of
recruiting department in London Jany. 1840 to 9 Nov. 1846; M.G.
9 Nov. 1846; commanded the troops in New Zealand Jany. 1847 to
death, granted distinguished service reward 1 June 1849; K.H.