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   William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, PC, FRS (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. Historians call him "Chatham" or "Pitt the Elder" to distinguish him from his son William Pitt the Younger, who also served as prime minister.

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   Who was Lord Pitt and what did he do?

   • Pitt (hitherto popularly known as ‘the Great Commoner’) took the title of earl of Chatham and the office of lord privy seal (with the duke of Grafton as 1st lord). Within months he had plunged into a state of virtual insanity. Chatham officially resigned in October 1768, but did not regain his senses until late 1769.

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   What did Earl Chatham do after the war?

   • After the war, he spoke out against the prosecution (1763) of John Wilkes and the imposition of the Stamp Act (1765) on the American colonies. The ministry he nominally headed from 1766 to 1768 was a confused and divided one. Created Earl Chatham in 1766, he retired to the House of Lords in 1768.

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   Who was William Pitt the younger?

   • William Pitt the Younger was to become Prime Minister at a young age and lead Britain for more than twenty years. Horace Walpole, not an uncritical admirer, wrote of Pitt: It were ingratitude to him to say that he did not give such a reverberation to our stagnating councils, as exceedingly altered the appearance of our fortune.

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   Was William Pitt successful in the 1760s?

   • But, during the 1760s, when he was formally First Lord, he was much less successful. William Pitt was born in Westminster in 1708 into a wealthy family. He was the grandson of Thomas ‘Diamond’ Pitt, who had made a fortune selling a diamond he had acquired whilst Governor of Madras in India. The fortune had bought both land and parliamentary seats.

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   Read about William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and one of the greatest figures of the Georgian era.

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   William Pitt 'The Elder', 1st Earl of Chatham. Whig 1766 to 1768. “Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who possess it.”.

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   Quick Facts. Also called (from 1766): 1st Earl of Chatham, Viscount Pitt of Burton-Pynsent. Byname: The Great Commoner. Born: November 15, 1708, London. Died: May 11, 1778, Hayes, Kent, England (aged 69) Title / Office: House of Lords (1766-1778), Great Britain. prime minister (1766-1768), Great Britain. House of Commons (1735-1766), Great Britain.

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   May 29, 2018 · Pitt (the Elder), William, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–78) British statesman, known as ‘the Great Commoner’. He entered Parliament in 1735. Pitt was noted for his opposition to the foreign policies of prime ministers Walpole and Carteret and King George II.

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   William Pitt, the Elder, later 1st earl of Chatham, (born Nov. 15, 1708, London, Eng.—died May 11, 1778, Hayes, Kent), British statesman and orator, twice virtual prime minister (1756–61, 1766–68).

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    CHATHAM, WILLIAM PITT, FIRST EARL OF. (1708–1778). Prime minister. Pitt was born in Westminster on 15 November 1708, grandson of a wealthy merchant and ex-governor of Madras who had acquired the family fortune. He was educated at Eton (1719–1726), Trinity College Oxford (1727), and Utrecht (from 1728). As a younger son he had to make his ...