William Pitt the Elder

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British statesman Earl Member of Parliament Prime Minister of Great Britain Whig politician human orator

William Pitt the Elder was an 18th-century British statesman and orator who led Britain to major victories in the Seven Years' War and became one of the most influential political figures of his era.

Aliases (3)

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ×6
William Pitt ×1
William Pitt the Elder (as British statesman) ×1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	British statesman → Earl → Member of Parliament → Prime Minister of Great Britain → Whig politician → human → orator →
birthDate	1708-11-15 →
birthPlace	Westminster, London, England →
burialPlace	Westminster Abbey →
causeOfDeath	probable stroke →
child	Harriet Pitt → Hester Pitt → James Charles Pitt → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham → William Pitt the Younger →
countryOfCitizenship	Kingdom of Great Britain →
deathDate	1778-05-11 →
deathPlace	Hayes, Kent, England →
educatedAt	Eton College → Trinity College, Oxford →
familyName	Pitt →
father	Robert Pitt →
fullName	William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham →
givenName	William →
hasHonorificTitle	The Right Honourable →
influenced	British imperial policy in the 18th century →
knownFor	Advocacy of British imperial expansion → Opposition to excessive use of royal prerogative → Powerful oratory in the House of Commons →
monarchDuringTerm	George II → George III →
mother	Harriet Villiers →
nickname	The Great Commoner →
nobleTitle	Earl of Chatham → Viscount Pitt →
notableAchievement	Led Britain to major victories in the Seven Years' War → Oversaw expansion of the British Empire in North America and India →
notableFor	Support for the American colonies' grievances while opposing American independence →
notableWork	Leadership of Britain during the Seven Years' War →
parliamentaryGroup	Whig Party →
positionHeld	Leader of the House of Commons → Lord Privy Seal → Paymaster of the Forces → Prime Minister of Great Britain → Secretary of State for the Southern Department →
predecessorAsPrimeMinister	The Duke of Grafton (de facto), The Marquess of Rockingham (de jure predecessor in office sequence) →
relative	Thomas Pitt (grandfather, Governor of Madras) →
spouse	Hester Grenville, Countess of Chatham →
successorAsPrimeMinister	The Duke of Grafton →
termEndAsPrimeMinister	1768-10-14 →
termStartAsPrimeMinister	1766-07-30 →

Referenced by (49)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Chatham County, Georgia ("William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham") → Chatham County, North Carolina ("William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham") → Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania → Pittsylvania County, Virginia → Viscount Pitt →	namedAfter
Harriet Pitt → Hester Pitt → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham ("William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham") → William Pitt the Younger →	father
Harriet Pitt → James Charles Pitt → John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham → Thomas Pitt →	relative
Boconnoc estate → Pytt → Viscount Pitt →	associatedWith
Pitt the Elder ("William Pitt") → William Pitt the Elder ("William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham") →	fullName
Annus Mirabilis of 1759 → Seven Years' War ("William Pitt the Elder (as British statesman)") →	notableCommander
Pitt family → Whig Party →	notableMember
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle →	ally
Pitt the Elder ("William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham") →	alsoKnownAs
The Great Commoner ("William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham") →	appliedTo
Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Earl Temple →	brotherInLaw
James Charles Pitt →	childOf
Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton →	cooperatedWith
Earl of Chatham →	firstHolder
Diamond Pitt →	grandchild
Thomas Pitt →	grandfatherOf
Trinity College, Oxford →	hasNotableAlumni
Pitt →	hasNotableBearer
Grenville political family →	hasNotableMember
William Pitt the Younger →	influencedBy
William Pitt the Younger →	mentor
Viscount Pitt →	notableHolder
Hayes, Kent, England →	notableResident
Secretary of State for the Northern Department →	officeHeldBy
Government of the Kingdom of Great Britain →	officeHolder
Viscount Pitt →	positionHeldBy
Kingdom of Great Britain →	primeMinister
Grenville political family →	producedPrimeMinister
The Great Commoner →	refersTo
John Pitt (younger brother) →	sibling
Hester Grenville, Countess of Chatham →	spouse
Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham →	successorInFirstTermAsPrimeMinister
Earl of Chatham →	titleHolder
Pitt →	usedBy