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9 de may. de 2024 · William Pitt, the Elder (born November 15, 1708, London—died May 11, 1778, Hayes, Kent, England) was a British statesman, twice virtual prime minister (1756–61, 1766–68), who secured the transformation of his country into an imperial power.
Hace 6 días · By the time of Pitt‘s death in 1806, Britain had regained its financial footing, staved off the threat of revolution, and strengthened its grip on a growing empire. All before the age of 50. William Pitt the Younger was not a perfect leader. He had his blind spots, like his crackdowns on dissent. But his strengths—his intelligence ...
22 de may. de 2024 · Henry Temple's father took him to the House of Commons in 1799, where the young Palmerston shook hands with the prime minister, William Pitt the Younger. [10] Temple was then at the University of Edinburgh (1800–1803), where he learnt political economy from Dugald Stewart , a friend of the Scottish philosophers Adam Ferguson and Adam Smith . [11]
Hace 4 días · British Prime Minister William Pitt's focus on the colonies for the 1758 campaign paid off with the taking of Louisbourg after French reinforcements were blocked by British naval victory in the Battle of Cartagena and in the successful capture of Fort Duquesne and Fort Frontenac.
Hace 4 días · The University of Pittsburgh (also known as Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the university's central administration and around 28,000 undergraduate and graduate ...
24 de may. de 2024 · Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (born April 28, 1742, Arniston, Midlothian, Scotland—died May 28, 1811, Edinburgh) was a British careerist politician who held various ministerial offices under William Pitt the Younger and whose adroit control of Scottish politics earned him the nickname “King Harry the Ninth.”
17 de may. de 2024 · William Fox-Pitt was also a phenomenally successful team rider. In a senior team career that lasted nearly 20 years, from the 1995 Europeans to the 2016 Olympics, he won 20 senior championship medals.
