John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham

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British Army officer British politician First Lord of the Admiralty peer of the United Kingdom

John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, was a British soldier and politician who served as First Lord of the Admiralty and was the elder son of the prominent statesman William Pitt the Elder.

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Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form	Occurrences
The Earl of Chatham	2
2nd Earl of Chatham	1
John Pitt 2nd Earl of Chatham	1

Statements (30)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British Army officer ⓘ British politician ⓘ First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ peer of the United Kingdom ⓘ
allegiance	British Army ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
educatedAt	Clare College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ Eton College ⓘ
familyName	Pitt ⓘ
father	William Pitt the Elder ⓘ surface form: William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
givenName	John ⓘ
heldPeerage	Peerage of Great Britain ⓘ
memberOf	House of Lords ⓘ
militaryBranch	British Army ⓘ
militaryRank	General ⓘ
mother	Hester Grenville, Countess of Chatham ⓘ surface form: Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham
nobleFamily	Pitt family ⓘ
nobleTitle	John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: 2nd Earl of Chatham
notableEvent	Walcheren Campaign ⓘ
notableWork	command at the Walcheren Campaign ⓘ
officeContested	First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ
parliamentaryGroup	Tory ⓘ
positionHeld	First Lord of the Admiralty ⓘ Governor of Gibraltar ⓘ Lord President of the Council ⓘ Lord Privy Seal ⓘ
relative	William Pitt the Elder ⓘ William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
sibling	William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
spouse	Mary Elizabeth Townshend ⓘ

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Earl of Chatham → alsoKnownAs → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ⓘ

subject surface form: William Pitt the Elder

this entity surface form: The Earl of Chatham

William Pitt the Elder → child → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ⓘ

Walcheren Campaign → commander → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ⓘ

Chatham Islands → namedAfter → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ⓘ

this entity surface form: John Pitt 2nd Earl of Chatham

John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham → nobleTitle → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: 2nd Earl of Chatham

Pitt family → notableMember → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ⓘ

The Duke of Grafton → precededBy → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ⓘ

this entity surface form: The Earl of Chatham

Earl of Chatham → titleHolder → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ⓘ