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  1. 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.

  2. William Pitt, 1.º Conde de Chatham (15 de novembro de 1708 – 11 de maio de 1788) foi um estadista britânico, ministro da Guerra durante a guerra dos Sete Anos, quando conduziu seu país à vitória sobre a França, e primeiro-ministro (1766–1768).

  3. Earl of Chatham, of Chatham in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1766 for William Pitt the Elder on his appointment as Lord Privy Seal, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Pitt, of Burton Pynsent in the County of Somerset, also in the Peerage of Great Britain.

  4. William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a prime minister of Great Britain. He was appointed by King George III. His London house, in St. James's Square, is now the home of the international affairs think tank called Chatham House.

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    When trade is at stake, it is your last entrenchment; you must defend it, or perish...Sir, Spain knows the consequence of a war in America; whoever gains, it must prove fatal to her...is this any l...

    We are now to examine whether it is probable that we shall preserve our commerce and our independence, or whether we are sinking into subjection to a foreign power.

    I rejoice to hear that you have begun Homer's Iliad; and have made so great a progress in Virgil. I hope you taste and love those authors particularly. You cannot read them too much: they are not o...

    [Pitt] said he could not allow what I said; that either we were in a situation to receive the law or to give it; that he thought the latter was our case; that therefore it was our business to propo...

    When then, my Lords, are all the generous efforts of our ancestors, are all those glorious contentions, by which they meant to secure themselves, and to transmit to their posterity, a known law, a...

  5. 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 of Great Britain.

  6. 30 de ago. de 2024 · 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.