The first use of this office to allow an MP to resign was in 1751 - for John Pitt.
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (1756 – 1835) British statesman, brother of William Pitt the Younger
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Since 1946 it has owned the premises at 38 Hill Street, Mayfair which was formerly occupied by the 2nd Earl of Chatham.
Son of John Pitt, consul at Masulipatam, and his wife Sarah Charlton, he was a grandson of Edward Pitt and Rachel Morton.