Eden, Anthony, and Emily Eden. “Introduction”. Two Novels, Victor Gollancz, 1969, pp. 7-20.
7
William Pitt
Standard Name: Pitt, William,, the younger
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Family and Intimate relationships | Emily Eden | EE
's father, born William Eden
, was the third son of Sir Robert Eden, a Durham baronet. |
| Literary responses | Elizabeth Inchbald | Response to the play was divided on party political lines. It was attacked in the pro-Pitt
, anti-revolutionary True Briton, which found it too liberal politically, alleging (with no regard to the trustworthiness... |
| politics | Charlotte Dacre | |
| politics | Anne Francis | AF
was a conservative royalist who rejoiced repeatedly at the recovery of George III
from his first bout of illness (and wrote a song for the local Sunday school pupils to rejoice too) and praised... |
| politics | Anna Seward | AS
was at first a strong supporter of the cause of American independence. Her Monody on Major André reflects disillusion with the colonists following their treaty with France, which seemed to her to negate or... |
| politics | Ann Jebb | In early 1793 she was a defender of Fox and an opponent of Pitt
's war policy. In 1806 she had hopes for Fox's ministry: more that they would take steps towards peace with France... |
| Publishing | Germaine de Staël | The first edition of GS
's Réflexions sur la paix: adressées à Mr. Pitt
et aux françois was published anonymously; a later edition appeared in Geneva, Switzerland. Lonchamp, Frédéric-Charles. L’Œuvre Imprimé de Madame Germaine de Staël. Suisse, 1949. 18 Winegarten, Renee. Mme de Staël. Berg, 1985. 120 |
| Reception | Sydney Owenson Lady Morgan | This novel was rumoured to have been the last book that amused the hours of illness of the late Mr Pitt
. Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series. 3d ser. 9 (1806): 327-8 |
| Reception | Helen Maria Williams | The Monthly Review in 1827 claimed that she was forgotten; in the 1930s, even after Woodward
's monograph of 1930, her works were flagged as unreliable and ignorant. Duckling, Louise. “From Liberty to Lechery: Performance, Reputation and the ’Marvellous Story’ of Helen Maria Williams”. Women’s Writing, Vol. 17 , No. 1, May 2010, pp. 74-92. 88 |
| Textual Features | Eglinton Wallace | This three-paragraph address is headed with the royal arms. It was written for the presentation of the colours to this corps, which happily was made on the birthday of William Pitt
, Lord Marshall of... |
| Textual Production | Elizabeth Margravine of Anspach | EMA
retained her talent for brightening the social round with verse. In late autumn 1792, having experienced the cold shoulder meted out by London high society to sexual nonconformists like herself and her second husband... |
| Textual Production | Eliza Parsons | Besides EP
's surviving letters to the Royal Literary Fund
, OCLC WorldCat lists two undated letters of hers to Sir James Bland Burges
and one of 1801 to William Pitt the Younger
. OCLC WorldCat. 1992–1998, http://www.oclc.org/firstsearch/content/worldcat/. Accessed 1999. |
| Theme or Topic Treated in Text | Anna Jane Vardill | AJV
translates from Sappho
, Anacreon
, Alcæus
, Theocritus
, Horace
, and more recent poets: Petrarch
and Camoens
. She includes several charity poems: the one already published in aid of the Refuge for the Destitute |
Timeline
19 December 1783: George III invited William Pitt the younger,...
National or international item
19 December 1783
George III
invited William Pitt
the younger, Tory leader, to form the government; Pitt
's previous ministry had been defeated on a vote in the House of Lords
.
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
114
Jarrett, Derek. “Seizing the Senses”. London Review of Books, 17 Feb. 2000, pp. 19-23.
22
July 1784: Pitt's India Act appointed six Commissioners...
National or international item
July 1784
Pitt
's India Act appointed six Commissioners (known as the Board of Control) to order concerns related to civil or military government and to revenues of British territorial possessions in India and the East Indies.
Misra, Bankey Bihari. The Central Administration of the East India Company, 1773-1834. Manchester University Press, 1959.
28-30
11 June 1788: George III, at the resort town of Cheltenham,...
National or international item
11 June 1788
George III
, at the resort town of Cheltenham, publicly suffered preliminary symptoms leading up to his second attack of porphyria, which began on 17 October.
Macalpine, Ida, and Richard Hunter. George III and the Mad-Business. Allen Lane, 1969.
3
Ayling, Stanley. George the Third. Collins, 1972.
329, 342
5 November 1788-10 March 1789: George III's illness and palpable incapacity...
National or international item
5 November 1788-10 March 1789
George III
's illness and palpable incapacity produced the Regency Crisis: the issue was whether or not power would devolve to the Prince of Wales
.
Foreman, Amanda. “A politician’s politician: Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, and the Whig party”. Gender in Eighteenth-Century England: Roles, Representations and Responsibilities, edited by Hannah Barker and Elaine Chalus, Longman, 1997, pp. 179-04.
188-9
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
9 June 1792: Gillray published a remarkable political...
National or international item
9 June 1792
Gillray
published a remarkable political cartoon, Sin, Death, and the Devil: personified versions of Queen Charlotte
, William Pitt
, and Lord Thurlow
.
Hill, Draper. Mr. Gillray, the Caricaturist. Phaidon Press, 1965.
plate 44
21 January 1793: Louis XVI was executed by guillotine in Paris...
National or international item
21 January 1793
Louis XVI
was executed by guillotine in Paris after trial by the French National Convention
.
Kafker, Frank A., and James M. Laux, editors. The French Revolution: Conflicting Interpretations. 4th ed., R. E. Krieger, 1989.
xiii
Tomalin, Claire. The Life and Death of Mary Wollstonecraft. Revised, Penguin, 1992.
170
Soboul, Albert. The French Revolution 1787-1799. Translators Forrest, Alan and Colin Jones, Vintage, 1975.
285
Lefebvre, Georges. The French Revolution. Routledge and K. Paul, 1962.
272
By April 1795: A Letter to the Right Honourable William...
Building item
By April 1795
A Letter to the Right Honourable William Pitt
, on the Use of Hair-Powder argued that in times of scarcity flour ought to be reserved for food, not used for cosmetic purposes.
Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
2d ser. 13 (1795): 453
12 February 1796: William Pitt made a speech in parliament...
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12 February 1796
William Pitt
made a speech in parliament which reached print as Relative to the Relief and Maintenance of the Poor, the Encouragement of Industry, and the Diminution of the Poor-rates.
Dussinger, John A. “Parents against Children: General Tilney as Gothic Monster”. Persuasions, Vol.
20
, 1998, pp. 165-74. 173
Wollstonecraft, Mary. Mary; and, The Wrongs of Woman. Editor Kelly, Gary, World’s Classics, Oxford University Press, 1980.
222, 115n3
After 31 March 1796: William Beckford burlesqued women writers...
Women writers item
After 31 March 1796
William Beckford
burlesqued women writers and attacked reactionary government in his novel Modern Novel Writing, or the Elegant Enthusiast; and Interesting Emotions of Arabella Bloomville. A Rhapsodical Romance; Interspersed with Poetry, published as Lady...
Early 1798 to May 1805: William Wordsworth composed the early version...
Writing climate item
Early 1798 to May 1805
William Wordsworth
composed the early version of what became The Prelude, as a distraction from the effort of working at his unrealised great poem.
Maxwell, James Coutts, and William Wordsworth. “Table of Dates”. The Prelude, Penguin, 1971, pp. 7-15.
8, 10
Barrell, John. “To Stir up the People”. London Review of Books, Vol.
36
, No. 2, 23 Jan. 2014, pp. 17-19. 19
9 January 1799: A bill bringing in the first graduated income...
National or international item
9 January 1799
A bill bringing in the first graduated income tax resulted from William Pitt
's demand in December 1798 for increased taxation to fund the war with France.
Haydn, Joseph. Haydn’s Dictionary of Dates and Universal Information. Editor Vincent, Benjamin, 23rd ed., Ward, Lock, 1904.
under Income Tax
5 February 1801: William Pitt resigned as Prime Minister after...
National or international item
5 February 1801
William Pitt
resigned as Prime Minister after failing to persuade the king
that Catholic Emancipation was a necessity for the political health of Ireland.
Foreman, Amanda. Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire. HarperCollins, 1998.
340-1
17 March 1801: Henry Addington (a Tory who in 1805 was created...
National or international item
17 March 1801
Henry Addington
(a Tory who in 1805 was created first Viscount Sidmouth) formed the government after William Pitt
resigned over George III
's opposition to Catholic Emancipation.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
114
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491, 238
10 May 1804: William Pitt formed the government again...
National or international item
10 May 1804
William Pitt
formed the government again after forcing Henry Addington
to resign.
Fryde, Edmund Boleslaw. Handbook of British Chronology. Editors Greenway, D. E. et al., 3rd ed., Offices of the Royal Historical Society, 1986.
114
Palmer, Alan, and Veronica Palmer. The Chronology of British History. Century, 1992.
491, 240
23 January 1806: The death of William Pitt after a long term...
National or international item
23 January 1806
The death of William Pitt
after a long term as Prime Minister and war leader altered the face of English politics.
Caplan, Clive. “Jane Austen’s Banker Brother: Henry Thomas Austen of Austen and Co., 1801-1816”. Persuasions, Vol.
20
, 1998, pp. 69-90. 73
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