Thomas Pitt
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Thomas Pitt was a British merchant, colonial administrator and politician who served as the president of Fort St. George from 1698 to 1709. Born in Blandford Forum, Dorset, he eventually went to the I
Kneller Portraitof Pitt
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Regent Diamond
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The Regent Diamond is a 140.64-carat diamond owned by the French state and on display in the Louvre, worth US$60,000,000 as of 2025. Mined in India and cut in London, it was purchased by the regent of
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…in 1716 in favour of the position of governor of Jamaica. However, his finances were restored by the sale of a large diamond (later known as the Regent Diamond) and he resigned the position the following year without ever going there. He was soon re-elected to parliament to represent Thirsk, and thereafter Old…
Regent Diamond
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Coronation Portrait of Charles X by François Gérard, 1825. Note the Regent Diamond set in the Fleur-de-lis at the top of the crown at left.