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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. Historians call him "Chatham" or "Pitt the Elder" to distinguish him from his son William Pitt the Younger, who also served as prime minister.
William Pitt most commonly refers to: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778), a.k.a. William Pitt the Elder, British prime minister (1766–1768) William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806), son of the above and British prime minister (1783–1801, 1804–1806)
William Pitt Kellogg (December 8, 1830 – August 10, 1918) was an American lawyer and Republican Party politician who served as the governor of Louisiana from 1873 to 1877 and twice served as a United States senator during the Reconstruction era.
William Pitt, the second son of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, was born on 28 May 1759 at Hayes Place in the village of Hayes, Kent. [8] He was from a political family on both sides, as his mother, Hester Grenville , was sister of former prime minister George Grenville . [ 9 ]
The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham is a two-volume biography of the British eighteenth-century statesman William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. Written by the historian Basil Williams it was originally published in 1913. It has remained a standard work on Pitt, particularly his conduct of strategy during Britain's victory during the Seven Years ...
William Pitt the Younger led the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801.. In 1800, the Acts of Union between Great Britain and Ireland were accepted by their respective parliaments, creating the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK), which would be governed by the former Parliament of Great Britain (now the UK Parliament).
The Pitt family were an English aristocratic family whose members included the Earls of Chatham, the Earls of Londonderry and the Barons Camelford. [1] The family produced two British Prime Ministers: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham , and his son William Pitt the Younger .
In December 1783, George III engineered the dismissal of the Fox–North coalition, which he hated, and appointed William Pitt the Younger as Prime Minister.Pitt had very little personal support in the House of Commons and the supporters of Charles James Fox and Lord North felt that the constitution of the country had been violated.