Baldwin Pitt is a historical character. He attended Brasenose College at Oxford, matriculated 19 July 1662, aged 16, and was barrister-at-law, Middle Temple, 1673. He was summoned to Parliament in 1674. He was the son of William Pitt the elder of Hartley Wespall, Hampshire, and had a brother, William Pitt the younger, and a sister, Abigail Pitt, who married Ralph Stawell of Netherham, Somerset. According to "Debrett's Peerage", the two indeed did marry, and had two sons, William, 3rd Baronet and Edward, 4th Baronet, and four daughters, Elizabeth, married to William Bromley, Esq., Catharine, married to William Higden, D.D., Lucy, and Diana. On the north wall near the door of St. Mary's church, Hartley Wespall, Hampshire, can be found the memorial of "Abigail, Lady Dowager of Ralph Lord Stawell, died 27 September 1692, daughter and heir of William Pitt of Hartley Wespall". Above are the arms of Pitt on a lozenge, while on consoles beneath are the arms of Stawell: Gules a cross lozengy argent, and the same impaling Pitt.