William Pitt the Younger, the son of William Pitt the Elder (thirty years later William Pitt the Senior Citizen) and Lady Hester Pitt was born in Kent, even though the infobox to the right says it was in London. His father was an important statesman who told Whig Prime Minister Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham that a baby could run the country better. When Rockingham scoffed at this, Pitt placed his son on the election ticket. Pitt the Younger won by a landslide for the Tories and Watson-Wentworth went off into obscurity, starting a charitable organization for people with names based around alliteration.
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| - William Pitt the Younger, the son of William Pitt the Elder (thirty years later William Pitt the Senior Citizen) and Lady Hester Pitt was born in Kent, even though the infobox to the right says it was in London. His father was an important statesman who told Whig Prime Minister Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham that a baby could run the country better. When Rockingham scoffed at this, Pitt placed his son on the election ticket. Pitt the Younger won by a landslide for the Tories and Watson-Wentworth went off into obscurity, starting a charitable organization for people with names based around alliteration.
- William Pitt the Younger was a character in the Blackadder the Third episode Dish and Dishonesty. He was played by Simon Osbourne.
- William Pitt the Younger was formerly Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He first entered office on 19 December 1783 and first left office on 14 March 1801. He was a member of the Tory party. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
- William Pitt The Younger, to distinguish him from William Pitt the Elder, his father, was the youngest ever Prime Minister at the age of 24 (although at this period the term of "Prime Minister" was not used). He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death (making him also the youngest Prime Minister to die in office). Perhaps his longest term influence was the solidifying of so much power under himself, the template that would lead to the Prime Minister/Cabinet relationship the UK has today.
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| - William Pitt the Younger, the son of William Pitt the Elder (thirty years later William Pitt the Senior Citizen) and Lady Hester Pitt was born in Kent, even though the infobox to the right says it was in London. His father was an important statesman who told Whig Prime Minister Charles Watson-Wentworth, Marquis of Rockingham that a baby could run the country better. When Rockingham scoffed at this, Pitt placed his son on the election ticket. Pitt the Younger won by a landslide for the Tories and Watson-Wentworth went off into obscurity, starting a charitable organization for people with names based around alliteration.
- William Pitt the Younger was a character in the Blackadder the Third episode Dish and Dishonesty. He was played by Simon Osbourne.
- William Pitt the Younger was formerly Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He first entered office on 19 December 1783 and first left office on 14 March 1801. He was a member of the Tory party. This article is a . You can help My English Wiki by expanding it.
- William Pitt The Younger, to distinguish him from William Pitt the Elder, his father, was the youngest ever Prime Minister at the age of 24 (although at this period the term of "Prime Minister" was not used). He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death (making him also the youngest Prime Minister to die in office). He was Prime Minister during massive upheavals in Europe and once said "Fold that (a map of Europe) up, we will not require it for 10 years" when he heard about the Battle of Austerlitz. He also had to deal with the Napoleonic Wars and the French Revolution. Although often referred to as a Tory, or "new Tory", called himself an "independent Whig" or "reform Whig" and was generally opposed to the development of a strict partisan political system. His early premiership was marked by attempts to curb the National Debt that had been racked up by the American Revolutionary War: his two most infamous taxes were on wig powder and window glass, with the result that he single-handedly ended the 18th century fashion for wigs and a lot of contemporary British buildings still have bricked-up windows. Notably, Pitt was also responsible for formulating and overseeing the Act of Union between Britain and Ireland in the wake of the 1798 United Irish rising. This led to his resignation when he followed up with a push for Catholic emancipation, which was opposed by the King. Perhaps his longest term influence was the solidifying of so much power under himself, the template that would lead to the Prime Minister/Cabinet relationship the UK has today. Just as his father had a large number of places named after him, so did Pitt the Younger. Among them are: Pittsylvania County Virginia, Pittwater New South Wales, Pitt Street Sydney (The main financial precinct street), Pitt Street, Hong Kong and The Pitt's Head rock formation in Snowdonia National Forest Park (because it resembled him). While Chatham County was named after his father, Pittsboro, North Carolina was named for William Pitt the Younger.
* William Pitt The Younger is made fun of in Blackadder The Third, where he is a teenage boy. We also meet his younger brother, "William Pitt the Even Younger" (as opposed to Blackadder's guess that he might be named "Pitt the Toddler", "Pitt the Embryo" or "Pitt the Glint-in-the-milkman's-eye.").
* The film The Madness of King George.
* The film Amazing Grace.
* The WWII propaganda film The Young Mr. Pitt.
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