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	William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		William Pitt was educated at Eton, and in January 1727 was entered as a gentleman commoner at Trinity College, Oxford.
		In Pitt's case, too, it is to be borne in mind that the opposition with which he had acted gradually dwindled away, and that it ceased to have any organized existence after the death of the prince of Wales in 1751.
		Pitt, the first real Imperialist in modern English history, was the directing mind in the expansion of his country, and with him the beginning of empire is rightly associated.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Pitt,_1st_Earl_of_Chatham (5367 words)

	William Pitt the Younger - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pitt, a Tory, was both the youngest and one of the longest-serving Prime Ministers in British history.
		William Pitt the Younger, the son of William Pitt the Elder (afterwards Earl of Chatham) and the Lady Hester Pitt, was born in Hayes, Kent.
		Elsewhere Pitt won a massive personal triumph when he was successfully elected a Member of Parliament for the University of Cambridge, a constituency he had long coveted and which he would continue to represent for the remainder of his life.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Pitt_the_Younger (3167 words)

	William Pitt the Elder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham (November 15, 1708 - May 11, 1778) was an English politician, born in London, who was the nominal Prime Minister and Lord Privy Seal (1766-68) and Secretary of State for the Southern Department (1756-61).
		Pitt was recalled in 1766 and formed a second coalition government, not nearly successful as the first.
		Pitt's second son, William Pitt the Younger, was a prominent Tory statesman at the end of the 18th century.
	usapedia.com /w/william-pitt-the-elder.html (322 words)

	Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - William Pitt
		William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, known as 'the Great Commoner', dominated the political scene influencing government from within and without.
		Pitt was the son of a member of Parliament and the grandson of Thomas Pitt who had helped to build British trade in India.
		Pitt and Grenville argued over the administration of the war and in April, 1757, King George II dismissed Pitt.
	www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime5.html (708 words)

	Pitt, William The Younger
		Pitt argued that parliamentary reform was necessary for the preservation of liberty.
		Pitt now had a majority in the House of Commons and was able to persuade parliament to pass a series of measures including the India Act that established dual control of the East India Company.
		Pitt was devastated by the news of Napoleon's victory and soon after was taken seriously ill. William Pitt died on 16.
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	William Pitt
		The son of Pitt the Elder, the Earl of Chatham, William Pitt was almost born to be prime minister.
		Pitt stood unsuccessfully for the parliamentary seat of Cambridge University in 1780, but the next year was returned as MP for Appleby in Cumbria at the age of 21.
		William Bentinck, Duke of Portland 1783 and 1807-9 Tory
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	William Pitt the Elder, first Earl of Chatham (1708-78)
		William Pitt was born on 15 November 1709, the second son and fourth of seven children of Robert Pitt and his wife Lady Harriet Villiers.
		Pitt entered political life in 1735 when he was elected as MP for Old Sarum, the family's rotten borough.
		Pitt was in poor health and also was aware that he was the king's last resort for PM so he refused.
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	William Pitt the Younger (1759 -- 1806)
		The younger Pitt's mother was the sister of George Grenville and Earl Temple; the boy was always the favourite son of Pitt the Elder.
		Pitt was most concerned about the American War and in 1782 he moved for a Select Committee to consider a reform of parliament with the intention of consolidating middle-class power and restricting the influence of Crown; the motion was defeated.
		Pitt was appointed Chancellor of Exchequer at the age of twenty-four by Shelburne in July 1783.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/pms/pitt.html (2140 words)

	William Pitt the Younger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Pitt the Younger (or as he was described by some of his contemporaries Billy Pitt) is a book written by a politician about a politician (you may remember that William Hague was an ex-leader of the Tory party).
		William Pitt the Elder was the leader in the House of Commons.
		Pitt the younger led his nation through the Napoleonic wars, the first stages of the industrial revolution, and a transformation of Britian, yet all the book seems to talk about is his health, his speaches and where he traveled.
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	Pitt - Encyclopedia.WorldSearch (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1788) (Pitt the Elder), British Prime Minister 1766–1768
		William Pitt the Younger, British Prime Minister 1783–1801 and 1804–1806, son of Pitt the Elder
		Dirk Pitt, indestructible hero of 14 previous Clive Cussler novels and special-projects director of the National Underwater and Marine Agency (which is something like the CIA of the ocean depths), makes James Bond look like a tuxedoed, martini-swilling poseur.
	encyclopedia.worldsearch.com /pitt.htm (273 words)

	Britannia Government: Prime Ministers - William Pitt, the Younger
		Son of William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham, this William Pitt is the youngest prime minister on record, winning the post at the tender age of 24 in 1783.
		Pitt was precocious, entering Cambridge at 14 and Parliament at 22.
		The news of Napoleon's victory at Austerlitz in 1806 is said to have caused Pitt's death.
	www.britannia.com /gov/primes/prime16.html (951 words)

	The Point: People: William Pitt
		The year 1754 was an important one for Pitt as he was again elected to the House of Commons and in November was married to Hester Grenville, of a prominent English family.
		Pitt was not moved but continued to propose that the tax be repealed, as he argued, "Trade is your object with them and taxing was ill advised.
		Pitt remained steadfast as he said: "This tumult in Boston should not be taken advantage of in order to crush the spirit of liberty among the Americans.
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	William Pitt, the Elder
		The elder William Pitt, later the first Earl of Chatham, was the driving force behind the British victory in the Seven Years War, known as the French and Indian War in North America.
		Pitt was born in Westminster, England, the son of a prominent family whose wealth had been made in India.
		Pitt died a few days after collapsing in the House of Lords, where he was delivering a speech on the troubled relationship with the American colonies.
	www.u-s-history.com /pages/h1182.html (798 words)

	The William Pitt the Younger Page
		For British security Pitt was forced to implement a union of Ireland with Great Britain, but was unable to fulfil an implied promise to the Irish of freeing the Irish Catholics from remaining restraints, and resigned in 1801.
		Despite his disastrous record as a war minister Pitt's confidence and optimism even in defeat was a powerful rally for the nation and it was widely believed that he was one of the most likely men to lead Britain to victory.
		Pitt was also ill. A third coalition on the Continent failed at the hands of Napoleon, and, just as the opposition was preparing a powerful motion of censure against his government, Pitt died on January 23, 1806, aged forty-six.
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	William Pitt (the Elder), Earl of Chatham (1708 -- 1778)
		William Pitt (the Elder), Earl of Chatham (1708 -- 1778)
		Pitt then was provided with a Cornetcy in Cobham's Regiment (the King's Own Regiment of Horse) in 1731 but was dismissed in 1736 for a sarcastic speech he made in parliament.
		The couple had three sons and two daughters: William (Pitt the Younger) was their second son.
	www.victorianweb.org /history/pms/chatham.html (2247 words)

	Family Tree
		William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham (1708-1778), the well-known statesman and father of William Pitt the Younger, was secretary of state under the Devonshire and Newcastle ministries 1757-61, presiding over the victorious years of the Seven Years' War.
		When he resigned in 1761 Pitt secured a peerage for her as Baroness Chatham (he later also adopted the title as Earl of Chatham in 1766) as well as a pension for three lives, which earned her the unkind nickname with the public of "Lady Cheat'em".
		After Pitt's death in 1806 Chatham's career went from bad to worse: he was briefly considered as a possible successor to his brother as a figurehead First Lord of the Treasury, but his role in the disastrous expedition to Walcheren in 1809 utterly destroyed his reputation.
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	William Pitt's Defense of the Colonies
		Among British-America's friends in England during the events that led to the Revolution was William Pitt the Elder, a powerful figure in the House of Commons.
		A former prime minister, Pitt believed Parliament had authority to legislate for the colonies, but he shared with the radicals in Williamsburg's House of Burgesses the opinion that Parliament could not levy internal taxes on them.
		Pitt rose in the Commons on January 14, 1766 to "deliver my mind and heart upon the state of America." His address, excerpted here, helped secure the Act's repeal.
	www.history.org /Almanack/life/politics/pitt.cfm (1424 words)

	Who was William Pitt the elder? in The AnswerBank: People & Places (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Britain and Prussia fought France and Austria; Pitt was recalled to government at the outbreak of the Seven Years War to form a coalition government with the Duke of Newcastle.
		Pitt was in poor health and declined, but a year later he succeeded Lord Rockingham and became first minister.
		Pitt did not leave the political arena; over the next 10 years he continued to speak out against British policy in the colonies and fight for parliamentary reform, but he gained little following.
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	Background and education (from Pitt, William, the Elder) -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Pitt was born in London of a distinguished family.
		Pitt was the grandfather of William Pitt, the Elder, the great 18th-century British statesman.
		Austrian composer and conductor Johann Strauss, the Elder, was one of the architects of the Viennese waltz.
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	William Pitt the Elder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Pitt (November 15, 1708 - May 11, 1778) 1st Earl of Chatham (1766), a prominent Member of Parliament, and British Secretary of State.
		Pitt led Britain to victory over France in the Seven Years' War, and turned the French and Indian War to Britain's favor.
		Pitt opposed from 1774 onwards the harsh measures against the American colonies.
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	A Moment in Time: William Pitt the Younger (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Pitt the Elder help save the country from defeat by France in the Seven Years' War and his son of the same name brought together international coalitions to oppose the aggression of the French Revolution.
		Pitt delivered the legislative union and by 1800, 132 Irish representatives had taken their places in the British House of Lords and Commons at Westminster.
		Pitt failed to keep the other half of his promise due to the long history of bitterness between the English and Irish.
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	pitt william (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Pitt, … William Pitt was born at Hayes near Bromley, Kent on 28th May 1759.
		Pitt, William, 1759-1806, British statesman; 2d son of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham.
		Pitt, William, The Younger British prime minister (1783–1801, 1804–06) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars.
	www.academyhouse.bc.ca /pitt-william.html (355 words)

	William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806)
		William Pitt the Younger was born on 28 May 1759 at Hayes near Bromley in Kent: that year was also the Anno Mirabilis of the Seven Years' War being conducted by his father, Pitt the Elder.
		On 19 December Pitt accepted the post of PM at the age of 24.
		On Pitt's advice, Wilberforce took up the slave-trade question; Wilberforce was ill on 9 May 1788 so Pitt brought forward the resolution for him.
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	A Moment in Time: William Pitt the Elder (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		William Pitt first came to power in November 1756, but King George II did not like him and tried to get rid of him the following spring.
		Pitt had enormous popularity in the country and this forced the king to bring him back into the government.
		Pitt intuitively grasped that in order to win he would have to play on Britain's strength.
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	Pitt (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Pitt State is 9-15 overall while Missouri Southern is 10-15 overall.
		William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708 - 1788) (Pitt the Elder), British Prime Minister 1766-68
		William Pitt the Younger, British Prime Minister 1783-1801 and 1804-06, son of Pitt the Elder
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