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William Pitt, o Velho, foi o 1.º conde de Chatham e nasceu em Londres a 15 de novembro de 1708, tendo falecido em Hayes (Kent), a 11 de maio de 1778. A situação económica da sua família, cuja fortuna fora amealhada por Thomas Pitt, o seu avô, que enriquecera na Índia, permitiu-lhe desfrutar de uma cuidada educação no Colégio de Eton e na Universidade de Oxford.
British historians agree that from 1756 to 1761 William Pitt was the driving force behind England's victories in the Seven Years' War. Historians are divided, however, in their assessment of Pitt's relations with his generals. Basil Williams concisely stated one position when he linked success with Pitt's “wise choice of commanders on land ...
William Pitt (1708-1778) was a Whig parliamentarian and British prime minister between mid-1766 and late-1768. Pitt was born in London, to a family whose wealth was largely derived from colonial trade with India. He served for a time in the British military before entering parliament in 1735. A brilliant and brutally honest public speaker, Pitt ...
William Bradley Pitt mais conhecido como Brad Pitt (Shawnee, 18 de Dezembro de 1963), é um ator, produtor cinematográfico e empresário norte-americano, fundador e atualmente único dono da produtora de filmes Plan B Entertainment e viticultor e dono da vinícola Miraval. Fonte: Wikipédia, a enciclopédia livre.
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham 1708–78British Whig statesman; Prime Minister, 1766–8. The atrocious crime of being a young man…I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny. The poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the forces of the Crown. It may be frail—its roof may shake—the wind may blow through it—the storm may ...
Pitt, William the Younger: (1759-1806) British statesman; 2nd son of William Pitt, 1st earl of Chatham. Trained as a lawyer, he entered Parliament in 1781 and in 1782 at the age of 23 became Chancellor of the Exchequer under Lord Shelburne. At the fall (1783) of the coalition government of Lord North and Charles James Fox, who was to be Pitt's ...
William Pitt was educated at Eton, and, in January 1727, was entered as a gentleman commoner at Trinity College, Oxford. There is evidence that he was an extensively read, if not a minutely accurate classical scholar; and it is noteworthy that Demosthenes was his favorite author, and that he diligently cultivated the faculty of expression by the practice of translation and re-translation.
