William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, PC, FRS (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain... 100 KB (12,121 words) - 10:37, 1 March 2024 |
Robert Walpole. 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.... 88 KB (10,194 words) - 18:16, 11 April 2024 |
Earl of Chatham, of Chatham in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1766 for William Pitt the Elder on his... 3 KB (238 words) - 16:08, 10 March 2024 |
1807. He named it 'Pitt's Island' after William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham.[citation needed] In 1840, the name was simplified to "Pitt" Island. Taranaki... 7 KB (665 words) - 10:52, 28 January 2024 |
Ministers: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, and his son William Pitt the Younger. The family's fortunes were boosted greatly by Thomas Pitt who while... 5 KB (164 words) - 06:56, 20 April 2024 |
for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of 17.4 square miles (45 km2), of which... 6 KB (444 words) - 00:25, 10 September 2023 |
Ministers: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (William Pitt the Elder) (1708–1778), Prime Minister of Great Britain (1766–1768) William Pitt the Younger... 2 KB (321 words) - 13:00, 19 February 2024 |
Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham (née Grenville; 8 November 1720 – 9 April 1803) was the wife of William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham, who was... 5 KB (426 words) - 22:41, 30 December 2023 |
(surname) Chatham Roberdeau Wheat (1826–1862), American and Confederate officer, politician, lawyer and mercenary William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)... 5 KB (587 words) - 21:45, 16 February 2024 |
William Petty Fitzmaurice, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne, KG, PC (2 May 1737 – 7 May 1805; known as the Earl of Shelburne between 1761 and 1784, by which... 33 KB (3,158 words) - 16:40, 15 April 2024 |
uncle to the 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. He was also related to the Pitt family by marriage since William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, had married... 26 KB (1,726 words) - 18:47, 15 April 2024 |
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)... 2 KB (363 words) - 17:41, 31 January 2024 |
Villiers family (redirect from House of Villiers) later 5th Viscount and 1st Earl Grandison, and Harriet, who married Robert Pitt and was the mother of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. George Villiers (†... 20 KB (2,106 words) - 21:05, 6 November 2022 |
the father of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778) ("Pitt the Elder"), Prime Minister of Great Britain, the father of William Pitt the Younger... 18 KB (1,900 words) - 17:53, 7 April 2024 |
member of the prominent Pitt family, he was the uncle of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. His younger son, the third Earl (who succeeded his elder... 4 KB (374 words) - 17:29, 3 April 2024 |
Utrecht University (redirect from University of Utrecht) Minister of United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, an ancestor of both Winston Churchill and Diana, Princess of Wales... 23 KB (1,841 words) - 09:39, 21 April 2024 |
Premiership of William Pitt may refer to: Premiership of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, as prime minister of Great Britain, 1766–1768 First premiership of William... 571 bytes (111 words) - 13:27, 28 July 2021 |
"Chatham Islands" comes from William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778), who had been Prime Minister of Great Britain and was known as 'William Pitt... 75 KB (7,573 words) - 00:00, 21 April 2024 |
Women in 1890, and Chatham College in 1955. The latter name was to honor William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, after whom the city of Pittsburgh is named... 15 KB (1,303 words) - 02:10, 4 April 2024 |
considered in the entire house on 1 February 1744. William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, speaking in the House of Commons on 1 December 1743 roundly condemned... 6 KB (793 words) - 19:58, 17 December 2023 |
bequeathed to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham by Sir William Pynsent, 2nd Baronet, who did not want the house to go to Lord North. Pitt had an additional... 11 KB (1,323 words) - 19:57, 13 February 2024 |