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18 de may. de 2018 · Pitt (the Younger), William (1759–1806) British statesman, prime minister (1783–1801, 1804–06). The second son of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, he entered Parliament in 1781, became chancellor of the exchequer in 1782 and shortly after became Britain 's youngest prime minister, aged 24. Pitt's reputation rests chiefly on his financial ...
2 de nov. de 2022 · William Pitt was born on 28 May 1759 to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (often referred to as ‘the Elder’) and his wife Hester Grenville. He hailed from political stock on both sides, with his father serving as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766-68 and his maternal uncle, George Grenville, serving as Prime Minister from 1806-7.
22 de sept. de 2020 · "William Pitt the Younger," painted around 1783, by George Romney. Wikimedia Commons As the Elder Pitt passed, however, the Younger Pitt had just become ready to take his place, having already graduated from Cambridge University at the age of 14, and soon established himself as a respectable lawyer two years later, and followed his father’s footsteps into the House of Commons soon afterward ...
William Pitt, the Younger. Act of Union, (Jan. 1, 1801), legislative agreement uniting Great Britain (England and Scotland) and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Irish Rebellion of 1798 brought the Irish question forcibly to the attention of the British Cabinet; and William Pitt the Younger, the ...
William Pitt the Younger (May 28, 1759 – January 23, 1806) was a British politician of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1783 to 1801, and again from 1804 until his death (technically he was first minister, as the title of Prime Minister was not made official until 1905).
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.
Pitt the Younger was the son of Pitt the Elder and grew up in a political family. After education at Cambridge, Pitt rapidly acquired a parliamentary seat and began as an MP in January 1781. After a masterful maiden speech, Pitt was seen as a rising man. He aligned himself with the ‘independent Whig’ faction in Parliament, speaking in ...
