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William Pitt. Born November 15, 1708 Westminster, England. Died May 11, 1778 London, England. British war minister during the French and Indian War. W illiam Pitt is known as one of the greatest wartime leaders in British history. He served as secretary of state in the British government during the French and Indian War (1754-63; known in ...
William Pitt the Younger. Pitt lived and died a bachelor, totally obsessed with political office. He was clever, single-minded, confident of his own abilities, and a natural politician. But perhaps his greatest asset in the early 1780s was his youth. He had entered Parliament in 1780 and was just 24 when he became first minister in 1783.
2 de nov. de 2022 · William Pitt was born on 28 May 1759 to William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (often referred to as ‘the Elder’) and his wife Hester Grenville. He hailed from political stock on both sides, with his father serving as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766-68 and his maternal uncle, George Grenville, serving as Prime Minister from 1806-7.
William Pitt le Jeune (28 mai 1759 – 23 janvier 1806) est un homme d'État britannique de la fin du XVIII e et du début du XIX e siècle. Il devint le plus jeune Premier ministre de Grande-Bretagne lors de son élection en 1783 à l'âge de 24 ans. Il quitte le poste en 1801 mais redevient Premier ministre du Royaume-Uni de 1804 jusqu'à sa mort en 1806 .
William Pitt var en britisk politiker. Han var Storbritannias statsminister i periodene 1783–1801 og 1804–1806.Fra 1781 var Pitt medlem av underhuset. Han var opprinnelig whig og motstander av den nordamerikanske krig.
William Pitt le Jeune (28 mai 1759-23 janvier 1806) est un homme politique britannique de la fin du XVIIIe et du début du XIXe siècle. Il devint le plus jeune Premier ministre britannique lors de son élection en 1783 à l'âge de 24 ans (même si le terme de premier ministre n'était pas encore utilisé).
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.
