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...
Commoner on the City Lands & Bridge House Estates Committee, 1994.
Member of the Building Committee to build the 1909 Bethnal Green Town Hall.
Frederic Edward Hilleary was born on 13 December 1841 in Stratford, Essex, the son of Gustavus Edward Hilleary (1806-1890) and Susan Hilleary née Mount (1820-1903). On 12 January 1842 he was baptis...
Maggie Thatcher in power, the cold war, Anglo-American capitalism, loony-left councillors in Hackney... ah, those were the days.
The London Borough of Greenwich was formed by the amalgamation of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich and part of the Metropolitan Borough of Woolwich to the east. It became a 'Royal' Borough on ...
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