Born Hayes, Kent. Son of William Pitt the Elder. Tory. Entered parliament in 1781, became Chancellor of the Exchequer and then, aged 24, Prime Minister: 1783-1801 and again: 1804-6.
Reputed to drink more than three bottles of port a day. Fought a duel with George Tierney (over a political matter) on Putney Heath on 27 May 1798. No one was hurt. Died Bowling Green House, Putney Heath. Buried Westminster Abbey.
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William Pitt (the Younger)
Behind these premises stood Hayes Place, the home of William Pitt, 1st Earl o...
The Trafalgar Way Destination - The Admiralty On Monday 21st October 1805 t...
You have to admire the 1800 skill at sentence construction, and the confidenc...
According to an information board in the square this bronze statue was erect...
London County Council William Pitt the younger, 1759 - 1806, lived here, 180...
Managing Director of the Savoy Group in 1979 - 1994.
Diplomat and transvestite. Born Tonnerre, Burgundy, France. Full name: D'Éon de Beaumont, Charles Geneviève Louis Auguste André Timothée, born of the French nobility. Up until 1763 he had a disting...
Person, Espionage, Gender Issues, Politics & Administration, France
Born Suffolk. 1806 he enrolled in the Independent academy at Homerton, then 'near' London. 1812 converted from Calvinism to Unitarianism. 1817 called to the Unitarian, chapel in Parliament Court,...
On the committee of the Stratford Co-operative and Industrial Society in 1919.
Commoner on the Bridge House Estates Committee, 1894.
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