Person    | Male  Born 15/11/1708  Died 11/5/1778

William Pitt (the Elder)

Born Westminster. Earl of Chatham and Prime Minister. Father of William Pitt the Younger. Died Hayes, Kent. 

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William Pitt (the Elder)

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Blackfriars Bridge - plaque

The Queen was busy that day in 1869, opening two bridges, the other being Hol...

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Pitt House Gateway

1882 - not the date of this plaque which is, from the look of it, much more r...

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Pitts in Bromley

Behind these premises stood Hayes Place, the home of William Pitt, 1st Earl o...

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Three Prime Ministers

The modern information board at the entrance to the gardens points out that t...

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William Pitt's house

William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, 1708 - 1778, Prime Minister, lived in a house ...

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