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Há 3 dias · 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 ...
Há 2 dias · Pitt I: Henry Addington MP for Devizes: 14 March 1801 10 May 1804 Tory: Addington: William Pitt the Younger MP for Cambridge University: 10 May 1804 23 January 1806 † Tory: Pitt II: Edward Law 1st Baron Ellenborough Lord Chief Justice (interim) 23 January 1806: 5 February 1806: Tory: All the Talents (Whig–Tory) Lord Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice
22 de mai. de 2024 · Henry Temple's father took him to the House of Commons in 1799, where the young Palmerston shook hands with the prime minister, William Pitt the Younger. Temple was then at the University of Edinburgh (1800–1803), where he learnt political economy from Dugald Stewart, a friend of the Scottish philosophers Adam Ferguson and Adam Smith.
Há 5 dias · House of Commons (1774-1802), Great Britain. Henry Dundas, 1st Viscount Melville (born April 28, 1742, Arniston, Midlothian, Scotland—died May 28, 1811, Edinburgh) was a British careerist politician who held various ministerial offices under William Pitt the Younger and whose adroit control of Scottish politics earned him the nickname “King ...
22 de mai. de 2024 · William Hazlitt (10 April 1778 – 18 September 1830) was an English essayist, drama and literary critic, painter, social commentator, and philosopher. He is now considered one of the greatest critics and essayists in the history of the English language, [1] [2] placed in the company of Samuel Johnson and George Orwell .
Há 1 dia · William the Conqueror William is depicted in the Bayeux Tapestry during the Battle of Hastings, lifting his helmet to show that he is still alive. King of England Reign 25 December 1066 – 9 September 1087 Coronation 25 December 1066 Predecessor Edgar Ætheling (uncrowned) Harold II (crowned) Successor William II Duke of Normandy Reign 3 July 1035 – 9 September 1087 Predecessor Robert I ...
13 de mai. de 2024 · In October of 2015, William suffered his worst career injury, falling from a younger horse at Le Lion d’Angers in France and subsequently spending two weeks in a medically-induced coma. Despite struggling initially with temporary blindness and double vision resulting from his traumatic brain injury, William defied the odds and returned to competition the following April.
