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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham - Museum of the Prime Minister. Key Facts. Tenure dates. 30 Jul 1766 - 14 Oct 1768. Length of tenure. 2 years, 76 days. Party. Whig Party. Spouse. Hester Grenville. Born. 15 Nov 1708. Birth place. Westminster, London, Great Britain. Died. 11 May 1778 (aged 69 years) Resting place. Westminster Abbey, England.
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). He entered Parliament in 1735 and provoked controversy with his maiden speech, which criticized the ministry of Robert Walpole.
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.” Born. 15 November 1708, Westminster, London....
Trinity College, Oxford. William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham PC (November 15, 1708 – May 1, 1778) was a British Whig statesman who achieved his greatest fame as Secretary of State during the Seven Years' War that was fought between France and Great Britain, (known as the French and Indian War in North America), and who was later Prime Minister ...
Sep 22, 2020 · Portrait of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, painted by Richard Brompton around 1772. Wikimedia Commons. Our story first begins with the rise to prominence of William Pitt the Elder, born in 1708 to a well-to-do mercantile family with a long history of success in politics both in Parliament and the Colonies.
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. Historians call him Chatham or William Pitt the Elder to distinguish him from his son William Pitt the Younger, who was also a prime minister.
Chatham, William Pitt, First Earl of. 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).
