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William Pitt el Viejo (Londres, 1708 - Hayes, 1778) Político británico que desempeñó un importante papel en la victoria sobre Francia en la guerra de los Siete Años (1756-1763). En 1735 le fue ofrecida una candidatura en la Cámara de los Comunes, que aceptó, y pronto se convirtió en el portavoz de la oposición liberal al liderazgo de Robert Walpole .
Pitt died on May 11, 1778, falling back into the arms of his son William who was reading to him the passage in Homer ’s Iliad on Hector ’s farewell. He was buried in Westminster Abbey with all the funeral pomp he could have desired and with public grief. William Pitt, the Elder - Seven Years War, Prime Minister, Statesman: The outbreak of ...
William Pitt the Younger. Pitt lived and died a bachelor, totally obsessed with political office. He was clever, single-minded, confident of his own abilities, and a natural politician. But perhaps his greatest asset in the early 1780s was his youth. He had entered Parliament in 1780 and was just 24 when he became first minister in 1783.
William Pitt, l'ami du peuple anglais. Héros de la victoire contre les Français durant la guerre de Sept Ans, il est parvenu au pouvoir en s'appuyant sur le « peuple » anglais et en usant du langage républicain inventé un siècle plus tôt. Portrait. W illiam Pitt l'Ancien (1708-1778) a longtemps fait figure d'emblème de l'Angleterre du ...
William Pitt el Joven Primer ministro de Gran Bretaña (1783-1801 y 1804-1806) Nació el 28 de mayo de 1759 en Hayes (Kent). Fue el segundo hijo de William Pitt (el Viejo). Cursó estudios en la Universidad de Cambridge y en el Lincoln's Inn.
Quick Reference. (1759–1806), known as Pitt the Younger. Prime minister. The second son of William Pitt, earl of Chatham, was educated privately and at Cambridge. From an early age, his father supervised his upbringing, paying particular attention to skill in public speaking. He entered Parliament in 1781 and soon made his mark in the Commons.
William Pitt. Born November 15, 1708 Westminster, England. Died May 11, 1778 London, England. British war minister during the French and Indian War. W illiam Pitt is known as one of the greatest wartime leaders in British history. He served as secretary of state in the British government during the French and Indian War (1754-63; known in ...
