William Pitt (1759 - 1806)

Born 28 May 1759 in Hayes, Bromley, Kent, England

Ancestors

Died 23 Jan 1806 at age 46 in Putney Heath, London, England, United Kingdom

Problems/Questions Profile manager: Norman Perry [send private message]

Biography

William Pitt is Notable.

William Pitt the Younger was a prominent British Tory statesman of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He became the youngest prime minister of Great Britain in 1783 at the age of 24 and the first prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as of January 1801. He left office in March 1801, but served as prime minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer for all of his time as prime minister. He is known as "the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, who is customarily referred to as "William Pitt the Elder" (or less commonly, simply "Chatham") and had previously served as prime minister.

• Space Page: List of Prime Minister of England and United Kingdom. (https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_England_and_United_Kingdom.&public=1)

Sources

• ("Wikipedia: William Pitt the Younger")

• ("William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806)", by Marjie Bloy, Ph. D., Senior Research Fellow, the Victorian Web)

• (Blog: "The Private Life of William Pitt")

See also:

• 'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell, published by The Hogarth Press, Pimlico, London in 1996. ISBN 0 7126 7450 0, includes extensive family trees. Hundreds of friends, professional connections and people in the 'Bloomsbury set' are also mentioned in the text.'Virginia Woolf' a biography by her nephew Quentin Bell

Acknowledgments

Thanks to Kitty Smith for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Kitty and others.