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Hace 4 días · General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, KG, PC (9 October 1756 – 24 September 1835) was a British peer and soldier. Career. He was the eldest son of William Pitt the Elder and an elder brother of William Pitt the Younger. He was commissioned into the 47th Regiment of Foot in 1774.
- Chatham, England
- Hon. Mary Elizabeth Pitt, Countess of Chatham
- England
- October 9, 1756
Hace 4 días · The lady Hester Pitt, sister of Richard, earl Temple, and wife of the right hon William Pitt, in consideration of his great and important services to this nation, was in 1761, created baroness of Chatham, with a continuance of the title to her and her heirs male, by her said husband.
27 de may. de 2024 · Hayes-place the residence of the late Earl of Chatham, now the seat of Lord Lewisham. Hayes-place (near the church) was formerly the seat of the Scotts. In 1698, Stephen Scott, Esq. aliened it to John Harrison, of whom it was purchased in 1757, by the Right Hon. William Pitt, (afterwards Earl of Chatham (fn. 5) ,) who built the ...
24 de may. de 2024 · William Pitt, the Younger was a British prime minister (1783–1801, 1804–06) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He had considerable influence in strengthening the office of the prime minister. William Pitt was the second son of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham, a famous statesman.
24 de may. de 2024 · William Pitt married Lady Hester Grenville, the daughter of the 1st Countess Temple, on November 16, 1754. Pitt was roughly 46 years old at the time of their wedding, and Hester was 34. They had been friends for twenty years at that point. Hester, Harriet, John, William, and James were the children of their happy marriage.
Hace 4 días · The bridge, according to the order of Common Council, was first named Pitt Bridge, and the adjacent streets (in honour of the great earl) Chatham Place, William Street, and Earl Street. But the first name of the bridge soon dropped off, and the monastic locality asserted its prior right.
26 de may. de 2024 · William Pitt the Younger was not a perfect leader. He had his blind spots, like his crackdowns on dissent. But his strengths—his intelligence, integrity, vision, and quiet resolve—equipped him to lead his country through one of the most dangerous and difficult periods in its history.
