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Pitt diamond
Regent diamond Re"gent di"a*mond A famous diamond of fine quality, which weighs about 137 carats and is among the state jewels of France. It is so called from the Duke of Orleans, Regent of France, to whom it was sold in 1717 by Pitt the English Governor of Madras (whence also called the Pitt diamond), who bought it of an Indian merchant in 1701.

Meaning of Pitt diamond from wikipedia

- buy it" Pitt claimed he acquired the diamond from Jamchand for 48,000 pagodas in the same year, so it is sometimes also known as the Pitt Diamond. He dispatched...
- Thomas Pitt (5 July 1653 – 28 April 1726) was an English merchant, colonial administrator and politician who served as the president of Fort St. George...
- Diamonds occur naturally and vary in size, color, and quality, so the largest of a particular color may not be large in absolute terms, but may still be...
- from actors Jonny Lee Miller, Billy Bob Thornton, and Brad Pitt. She has six children with Pitt. Angelina Jolie Voight was born on June 4, 1975, at Cedars-Sinai...
- Neil Leslie Diamond (born January 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. He has sold more than 130 million records worldwide, making him one of the...
- acquired the Regent Diamond and sold it on at a great profit in 1717. Robert Nedham, married Catherine Pitt daughter of Robert Pitt and Harriet Villiers...
- prime ministers, William Pitt the elder and William Pitt the younger. Pitt was the eldest son of Governor Thomas 'Diamond' Pitt, a businessman who had made...
- ministers. Pitt was the grandson of Thomas Pitt (1653–1726), the governor of Madras, known as "Diamond" Pitt for having discovered a diamond of extraordinary...
- Seemed So Good)") is a song written and performed by American singer Neil Diamond and released as a single in May 1969. It was arranged by Charles Calello...
- daughter, Jane Innis, who had married Thomas Pitt (aka Diamond Pitt, who had purchased the Pitt diamond from the remnants of the kingdom of New Sarum...