Sir William Pynsent, 1st Baronet
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Sir William Pynsent, 1st Baronet, was an 18th-century English landowner and politician best known for bequeathing his estate at Burton Pynsent in Somerset to William Pitt the Elder in gratitude for Pitt’s opposition to a cider tax.
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
English landowner
ⓘ
human ⓘ politician ⓘ |
| associatedWithTaxIssue | cider tax controversy GENERATED ⓘ |
| bequeathed | Burton Pynsent estate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| bequeathedTo | William Pitt the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
ⓘ
Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| estateOwned | Burton Pynsent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | English ⓘ |
| familyName | Pynsent NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
land management
ⓘ
politics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasCause | opposition to cider tax ⓘ |
| historicalRegion |
Somerset
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
West Country NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| honorificPrefix | Sir ⓘ |
| knownFor |
bequeathing his estate at Burton Pynsent to William Pitt the Elder
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gratitude to William Pitt the Elder for opposition to the cider tax ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
1st Baronet
ⓘ
Baronet ⓘ |
| notableAssociation | William Pitt the Elder NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork | bequest of Burton Pynsent estate to William Pitt the Elder ⓘ |
| partOf | British gentry ⓘ |
| politicalAlignment | supporter of William Pitt the Elder ⓘ |
| politicalSystem | Parliament of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Member of Parliament
ⓘ
Member of Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ |
| realm | Kingdom of Great Britain NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionOfActivity |
Somerset
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
South West England NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
Burton Pynsent
NERFINISHED
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England ⓘ Somerset NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| socialClass | landed gentry ⓘ |
| taxOpposedByBenefactor | cider tax ⓘ |
| timePeriod | 18th century ⓘ |
| titleHeld | Baronet in the Baronetage of England ⓘ |
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