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25 de abr. de 2024 · William Pitt the Younger was dedicated to addressing the national debt, which had escalated to £243 million due to the American war. He implemented several financial reforms including creating a sinking fund in 1786 to systematically reduce the debt, lowering it to £170 million by 1792. Image: Pitt’s portrait by English painter, John Hoppner.
Signature. William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1782–1783, 1783–1801 and 1804–1806. He was prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1783 to 1801, and again from 1804 until his death.
Sitter associated with 33 portraits. Artist associated with 1 portrait. Statesman and Prime Minister. Forced by opinion on George II to save the nation in 1756, Pitt led the House of Commons and organised the victories of 1759 over France which consolidated British sea power and brought territorial gains in India and Canada. In 1761 he resigned.
小威廉·皮特（英語： William Pitt the Younger ，1759年5月28日—1806年1月23日），活躍在18世紀晚期、19世紀早期的英國政治家。 1783年獲任大不列顛王國首相，時年24歲，時至今日，仍然是英國歷史上最年輕的首相。
William Pitt was educated at Eton, and, in January 1727, was entered as a gentleman commoner at Trinity College, Oxford. There is evidence that he was an extensively read, if not a minutely accurate classical scholar; and it is noteworthy that Demosthenes was his favorite author, and that he diligently cultivated the faculty of expression by the practice of translation and re-translation.
William Pitt, the Younger, (born May 28, 1759, Hayes, Kent, Eng.—died Jan. 23, 1806, London), British statesman and prime minister (1783–1801, 1804–06). The son of William Pitt, he entered Parliament in 1781 and served as chancellor of the Exchequer (1782–83
William Pitt the Younger; ur. 28 maja 1759 w Hayes w hrabstwie Kent, zm. 23 stycznia 1806 w Londynie) – premier Królestwa Wielkiej Brytanii w latach 1783-1801 oraz 1804-1806. W wieku 24 lat został najmłodszym w historii premierem brytyjskim.
