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Hace 2 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 ...
Hace 4 días · 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
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Hace 2 días · He has written a biography of 18th-century Prime Minister Pitt the Younger (published in 2004), taught himself how to play the piano, and hosted the 25th anniversary programme for Radio 4 on the political television satire Yes Minister in 2005.
Hace 2 días · Soane acquired Sir Richard Westmacott's plaster model for Nymph unclasping her Zone and the plaster model of John Flaxman's memorial sculpture of William Pitt the Younger. Of the ancient sculptures, a miniature copy of the famous sculpture of Diana of Ephesus is one of the most important in the collection. [143]
Hace 1 día · William Pitt the Younger, also known as Pitt the Younger, was a prominent British statesman who served as the Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801 and again from 1804 to 1806. He was the youngest person to ever hold this position at the age of 24, and his early rise to power earned him the nickname “the Younger.”
Hace 4 días · This change left powerful premiers to take on the role of government chief executive—for example, Robert Walpole (1721–42), who is generally considered Britain’s first prime minister, and William Pitt, the Younger (1783–1801; 1804–06).
Hace 5 días · Later prime ministers, notably William Pitt the Younger (1783–1801, 1804–06), restored its importance and made key enhancements to the structure.
