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Hace 4 días · William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham, was twice Prime Minister and was buried in the north transept of Westminster Abbey on 9th June 1778. His was a magnificent public funeral. A stone, only measuring one foot square, was placed over the burial vault with just his initials on it (in the centre part of the transept and adjoining the Wilberforce grave ).
8 de may. de 2013 · At just 24 years old, William Pitt The Younger, son of Pitt the Elder, was the youngest Prime Minister in history. He died aged only 46. He was exhausted by the demands of an office whose modern ...
William Pitt was named the Earl of Chatham in the county of Kent. He served as Prime Minister from 1766-1768. As King George III imposed increasingly harsher penalties on the American colonies, Pitt came to their defense. Although Pitt did not support American independence, he did advocate for finding a compromise with the American colonies ...
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 ...
William Pitt. William Pitt, I Conde de Chatham ( Londres, 15 de noviembre de 1708 - Hayes, Bromley, Londres, 11 de mayo de 1778), apodado el Viejo para distinguirlo de su hijo, conocido como William Pitt "el Joven", fue un político británico. Era nieto de Thomas Pitt.
William Pitt the Elder, the namesake of Pittsburgh, was the grandson of Thomas Pitt who was also known as “Diamond” Pitt for discovering and selling a diamond to the Duke of Orléans which established the Pitt family fortune and political influence. William Pitt the Elder was born in 1708 and went to an exclusive school, Eton College in 1719. Eton is the institution that has produced many ...
Hace 1 día · William Pitt the Elder (1708-78), First Earl of Chatham, was a statesman whose personality and views greatly affected British politics from the mid-1740s until his death. He was particularly important as the great war leader in 1756-61. He was, at this time, one of the two Secretaries of State, not obviously the leading minister in the ...
