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    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...
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    Campaign of 1809. Chatham was the eldest son of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. He was two and a half years older than his famous brother William Pitt the...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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...
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    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....
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    Savannah. One of the original counties of Georgia, Chatham County was created February 5, 1777, and is named after William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. The U.S...
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  • 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)...
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  • 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...
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  • Ministers: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (William Pitt the Elder) (1708–1778), Prime Minister of Great Britain (1766–1768) William Pitt the Younger...
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    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...
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  • 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...
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    was occupied by three British prime ministers, including William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, whose name became associated with the house. Canadian philanthropists...
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    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...
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    collapse of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham on 7 April 1778, during a debate in the House of Lords on the American War of Independence. Chatham is surrounded...
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    The Chatham ministry was a British government led by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham that ruled between 1766 and 1768. Because of Pitt's former prominence...
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    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...
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    sports of baseball, football, hockey, and soccer are black and gold. The arms are based on those of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, namesake of the city...
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    their own scrip, but this was viewed to be too little and too late. William Pitt stated in the Parliamentary debate that everything done by the Grenville...
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  • The opposition consisted of factions supporting the Marquess of Rockingham and William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, both of whom referred to themselves...
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  • 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...
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    British colony of Jamaica. In Britain, Beckford was a supporter of the Whig party, including Prime Minister William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. He also publicly...
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    to "Chatham" to honor a member of the British Parliament, William Pitt, the first Earl of Chatham, who was an outspoken advocate of the rights of the...
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    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...
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    to Lady Hester Pitt (19 October 1755 – 20 July 1780), daughter of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ("Pitt the Elder"), Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...
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    President of Madras, by his wife Jane Innes, a daughter of James Innes. His nephew was William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ("Pitt the Elder"), the father of William...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • (surname) Chatham Roberdeau Wheat (1826–1862), American and Confederate officer, politician, lawyer and mercenary William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)...
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  • 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...
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