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Vor 5 Tagen · John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, son of the 1st Earl and elder brother of William Pitt the younger, was born in 1756. He entered the army, and served as a subaltern during the siege of Gibraltar in 1779–83. In 1788 he joined his brother's ministry as first lord of the admiralty, and held office until the end of 1794. He was then ...
Vor 4 Tagen · On July 30, 1766, the above-mentioned right hon. William Pitt, on a further consideration of his services, was created viscount Pitt, of Burton Pynsent, in Somersetshire, and earl of Chatham, with remainder to his heirs male. He died in 1778, leaving by the lady Hester his wife, John, now earl of Chatham, William, now a privy ...
Vor 2 Tagen · Born in 1759, Pitt was the second son of the Earl of Chatham, who had also served as Prime Minister. His father’s political influence and connections played a significant role in Pitt’s early career. At the age of 18, he entered the House of Commons and quickly made a name for himself as a talented and eloquent speaker. Pitt’s speeches ...
Vor einem Tag · An estate of 450 acres partly in Sandhurst and partly in Frimley was bought by the Military College from William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, being part of the Tekels Castle estate. The present building has a central block with a portico and two wings.
Vor 3 Tagen · By the time of Pitt‘s death in 1806, Britain had regained its financial footing, staved off the threat of revolution, and strengthened its grip on a growing empire. All before the age of 50. William Pitt the Younger was not a perfect leader. He had his blind spots, like his crackdowns on dissent. But his strengths—his intelligence ...
Vor 5 Tagen · The relations of the Rockingham Whigs with William Pitt, earl of Chatham, 1765–78. R.B. Levick. Oxford B.Litt. 1961. The Rockingham Whigs, 1768–74. G. Sturgess. Manchester M.A. 1970. Charles Yorke, 1764–70: an analysis of his private and political correspondence as contained in the Hardwicke MSS. J.T. Park. Manchester M.A. 1949.
Vor 3 Tagen · Palo Alto, CA, Stanford University Press, 1996, ISBN: 9780804727549; 928pp.; Price: £70.00. Professor Jeremy Black, review of The Younger Pitt. III. The Consuming Struggle, (review no. 11) By any standards. Ehrman's Pitt is a major achievement. The third volume, covering the years 1797 until Pitt's death in 1806, is no exhausted sequel, no ...
