{{Distinguish|Harriet Pitt}}{{Short description|Anglo-Irish noblewoman (1680–1736)}} {{Infobox noble | name = Harriet Villiers | title = | CoA = | tenure = | predecessor = | successor = | birth_date = 1680 | birth_place = Blandford Forum, Dorset, England | death_date = 21 October 1736 | death_place = England | place of burial = Layston, Buntingford, Hertfordshire | spouse = Robert Pitt | issue-link = #chldrn | issue = Thomas Pitt<br>William Pitt<br>Harriot Villiers<br>Catherine Pitt | father = Edward FitzGerald-Villiers | mother = Katherine FitzGerald }}'''Lady Harriet Pitt''' (née '''Villiers'''; 1680 – 21 October 1736) was an Anglo-Irish noblewoman who was the mother and grandmother of two British prime ministers, William Pitt the elder and William Pitt the younger.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=Pitt, Harriet, (c1675-1736) |url=https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F59479 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref>
== Family == Villiers was born into Anglo-Irish nobility as the daughter of Edward FitzGerald-Villiers and the Irish heiress Katherine FitzGerald.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2024-05-09 |title=William Pitt, the Elder {{!}} Prime Minister of UK & Father of Modern Conservatism {{!}} Britannica |url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/William-Pitt-the-Elder |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.britannica.com |language=en}}</ref>
== Life == In 1704, she married Robert Pitt, who was elected to the House of Commons in the 1705 general election.<ref>{{cite web |title=Lady Harriet Villiers (I3347) |url=http://www.stanford.edu/group/auden/cgi-bin/auden/individual.php?pid=I3347&ged=auden-bicknell.ged |publisher=University of Stanford}}</ref> Together Harriet and Robert had four children:
* Thomas Pitt, who was an MP<ref>{{Cite web |title=PITT, Thomas (c.1705-61), of Boconnoc, Cornw. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/pitt-thomas-1705-61 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref> * William Pitt, who was an MP and prime minister (1756–57, 1757–1762 and 1766–1768)<ref>{{Cite web |last=pixeltocode.uk |first=PixelToCode |title=William Pitt and family |url=https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/william-pitt-and-family |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Westminster Abbey |language=en}}</ref> * Harriot Pitt married William Corbet MP.<ref>{{Cite web |title=CORBET, William (1702-48), of Stoke, Salop. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/corbet-william-1702-48 |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref> * Catherine Pitt married Robert Nedham MP.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=NEDHAM, Robert (?1703-62), of Howbery Park, Oxon. and Mourne Park, co Down. {{!}} History of Parliament Online |url=https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1715-1754/member/nedham-robert-1703-62 |access-date=2024-04-17 |website=www.historyofparliamentonline.org}}</ref>
== Death == Villiers died in 1736 and was buried at Layston Church in Buntingford, Hertfordshire.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Harriet VILLIERS |url=http://www.laystonchurch.org.uk/FH%20Website/ind1146.html |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.laystonchurch.org.uk}}</ref> Her mother and her son are buried at Westminster Abbey.
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