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Hace 2 días · An estate of 450 acres partly in Sandhurst and partly in Frimley was bought by the Military College from William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, being part of the Tekels Castle estate. The present building has a central block with a portico and two wings.
Hace 5 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 3 días · His son Robert, the father of William Pitt, Lord Chatham, succeeded, but only survived his father one year, and was followed by his elder son Thomas, who suffered a recovery of the manor in Hilary term 1738–9 preparatory to a sale to the executors of Dame Isabella Dodd, widow, evidently for the benefit of John Dodd, her son, who was dealing with the manor in 1763 and 1767.
Hace 4 días · The Heathcote family owned the house from 1736 until 1890. From 1759 to 1762 the rates were paid by William Pitt, later Earl of Chatham, who in 1759 rented it from Sir Thomas Heathcote, but he had been living at an unidentified house in the square in July (or perhaps May) 1757.
Hace 4 días · Born in 1759, Pitt was the second son of the Earl of Chatham, who had also served as Prime Minister. His father’s political influence and connections played a significant role in Pitt’s early career. At the age of 18, he entered the House of Commons and quickly made a name for himself as a talented and eloquent speaker.
Hace 2 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.
Hace 1 día · Naval hero John Paul Jones was honored on this 1779 Comitia America medal struck in bronze. Heritage Auctions. “Detail in a medal was formerly best preserved by the lost wax process. The original wax model was encased in a shell, then the wax melted out, and this shell was used as a mold for the metal of the medal.
