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British politician and prime minister between 1783 and 1801 and between 1804 and 1806. He was called "The Younger" to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt "The Elder"' (1708-1778), who also served as prime minister. His first term was marked by the recent loss of the American colonies and the outbreak of revolution in France.
1 de mar. de 2012 · "William Pitt the Younger is a biography of one of the great iconic figures in British history: the man who in 1784 at the age of twenty-four became (and so remains) the youngest Prime Minister in the history of England.
Fact file Born Hayes (Kent, England), 28 May, 1759- died London, 23 January, 1806. MP for Appleby from 1781-84 MP for Cambridge University, 1784-1806 Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1782-83 Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1783-1801 and 1804-1806 – youngest ever Prime Minister at the age of 24. With his father as William Pitt …
Hace 3 días · Pitt the Younger's governments financed the First (1793) and Second (1798) Coalitions against France and introduced social and administrative reforms. He resigned because of George III's hostility to Catholic emancipation (1801), but returned in 1804 to lead the fight against Bonaparte.
9 de may. de 2024 · William Pitt, the Elder was a British statesman, twice virtual prime minister (1756–61, 1766–68), who secured the transformation of his country into an imperial power. Pitt was born in London of a distinguished family. His mother, Lady Harriet Villiers, daughter of Viscount Grandison, belonged to.
31 de may. de 2012 · William Pitt the Younger was one of the most extraordinary figures in British history. Prime minister at the age of twenty-four, he went on to dominate British politics for two decades, presiding over such complex and treacherous national crises as the madness of King George III, the beleaguered union with Ireland, the fallout from the French Revolution and the trauma of the Napoleonic Wars.
1783 - 1801, 1804 - 1806. To Liverpool’s contemporaries, William Pitt the younger (1759-1806) was incomparably the greatest of prime ministers. Liverpool himself, guided by his cynical and knowledgeable father whose relationship with Pitt was cool, never indulged in the kind of hero-worship of Pitt undertaken by the mercurial George Canning ...
