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23 hours ago · That certainly was the hope amongst Tories when, in March 1801, Henry Addington took over from Pitt the Younger, who after more than 17 years as PM, starting at age 24, was worn out with work and drink. He was also quarrelling with the king at a time when the concept of a constitutional monarch had not quite sunk into the royal head.
5 days ago · Pitt's state on the eve of his death underlines a major problem with the political system in this (and other) ages: the difficulty of parting with a leader who was no longer capable of providing the necessary leadership and success.
2 days ago · Colonel West was a second cousin of William Pitt, the younger. He was followed by Mrs. West of Englefield Green, Surrey (1788–1797) and James West (1798). 1833–1846, John D. Michele, surgeon. No. 76.
1 day ago · William Pitt the Younger. William Pitt the Younger (1759–1806), Tory Prime Minister in 1783–1801 based his tax proposals on Smith's ideas, and advocated free trade as a devout disciple of The Wealth of Nations.
3 days ago · Given Soane's youth and relative inexperience, his appointment was down to the influence of William Pitt, who was then the Prime Minister and his friend from the Grand Tour, Richard Bosanquet whose brother was Samuel Bosanquet, Director and later Governor of the Bank of England.
5 days ago · Answer: William Pitt the Younger Pitt the younger, King George III's prime minister for two terms, followed in the family tradition of serving the House of Hanover.
23 hours ago · William Jefferson Hague, Baron Hague of Richmond, PC, FRSL (born 26 March 1961) is a British politician and life peer who served as Leader of the Conservative Party and Leader of the Opposition from 1997 to 2001. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Richmond (Yorks) in North Yorkshire from 1989 to 2015. He served in the Cameron government ...
