George Dean Pitt

Major-General George Dean Pitt (1781 or 1772 – 8 January 1851) was Lieutenant-Governor of the former New Zealand Province of New Ulster from 14 February 1848 to his death on 8 January 1851.

Early life
He was born George Dean, the illegitimate son of George Pitt, 2nd Baron Rivers.

Dean-Pitt, at the time a Major, was stationed at Malta with the 80th Regiment of Foot (Staffordshire Volunteers) from January to September 1828.

Arrival in New Zealand
Dean-Pitt arrived with his family on the barque Minerva at Auckland on 8 October 1847. He was the second most important military man in the new colony during the governorship of George Grey. His son and two of his sons-in-law were part of the military establishment as well. His residence was located in Pitt Street, which had originally been called Pyt Street after a childhood home of the first governor William Hobson, it is likely the spelling changed because of Dean Pitt's presence.

Ill for some time, he died on 8 January 1851 while Lieutenant-Governor and was buried with full military honours in the Symonds Street Cemetery in Auckland. A number of retail businesses in Auckland closed for the day of his funeral.

Personal life
In 1818 he married Susan Baillie in Bristol, England. In 1819 he adopted the surname Dean-Pitt by Royal Licence.

Children

 * Emelia Marie Dean-Pitt (20 June 1820 – 5 April 1877) m. 23 May 1848 at St. Paul's Church, Auckland, Captain J.H.Laye
 * Lieutenant-General George Dean-Pitt (C.B.) (1 June 1822 or 14 January 1823 – 4 April 1883) m. 22 November 1842 Louisa Jones (18 February 1816 – 8 July 1889).
 * Georgiana Dean-Pitt (1822 – 23 May 1877)
 * Louisa Dean-Pitt (1823 – 7 April 1873) m. 18 November 1848 Lieutenant George Hyde Page, at St. Paul's Church, Auckland
 * Susan Dean-Pitt (born Malta 1828)
 * Douglas Charles Dean-Pitt (born 1829 Ireland) m: 10 December 1878 Alice Antoinette Birdwood at Mahableshwar, Bombay, India.
 * Charlotte Marcia Dean-Pitt (6 March 1830 – 7 April 1873) m. 18 November 1848 Captain Charles Lavallin Nugent, at St. Paul's Church, Auckland
 * William Augustus Dean-Pitt (1833 – 8 November 1890) m. 11 June 1863 Anne Isabella Lloyd Gellibrand at Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. He was buried in Symonds Street Cemetery next to his father..
 * Clara Eliza Dean-Pitt (5 September 1838 at Bristol – 1916 Kensington England, unmarried.)
 * Susan Dean-Pitt (born 14 July 1847)