Lieutenant-Colonel the Hon Albert Pitt (1842 – 18 November 1906) was a 19th-century New Zealand politician, and a cabinet minister.
In 1914, eight years after his death, The Albert Pitt Memorial Gates were erected in the Queen's Gardens, Nelson.
[5] On his return to Nelson, Pitt appeared as an advocate for the defendants in the Maungatapu murders case in mid-1866.
[7] After migrating to New Zealand, in December 1866 Pitt was appointed to command the Nelson Artillery Volunteer Cadet Corps.
In 1881 Pitt commanded about 900 volunteers on active service at Parihaka under Lieut-Colonel Roberts expedition to arrest Te Whiti, Tohu, and Hiroki.
Pitt was awarded the New Zealand long-service medal and the Imperial volunteer officer's decoration.
In 1897, he commanded a contingent of volunteers from New Zealand that went to England for the celebrations of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee.