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William Pitt first Earl of Chatham
Standard Name: Chatham, William Pitt,,, first Earl of
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| Textual Production | Hannah More | They were not the only friends to make such a request. On 8 January 1793 (by which time she had already acted) More wrote to tell Mrs Garrick
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1755: Wealthy West Indian proprietor William Beckford...
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1755
Wealthy West Indian proprietor William Beckford
(father of the author of the same name) launched The Monitor, the first newspaper to appeal explicitly to London freeholders, that is the well-to-do urban middle class.
16 November 1756: Upon the resignation of the Duke of Newcastle,...
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16 November 1756
Upon the resignation of the Duke of Newcastle
, the Duke of Devonshire
, a Whig, briefly became Prime Minister. He was in turn replaced by Newcastle in July of the following year as the...
6 April 1757: William Pitt was dismissed from office as...
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6 April 1757
William Pitt
was dismissed from office as Secretary of State.
Black, Jeremy. Pitt the Elder. Cambridge University Press, 1992.
138, 141-3
Brown, Peter Douglas. William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, the Great Commoner. Allen and Unwin, 1978.
144
June 1757: Britain's ally Frederick II of Prussia lost...
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June 1757
Britain's ally Frederick II
of Prussia lost half his army (30,000 of his best troops), at Kolin in Bohemia.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
50-4
29 June 1757: The Duke of Newcastle formed his second government,...
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29 June 1757
The Duke of Newcastle
formed his second government, this time a Whig coalition with William Pitt
.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
18, 43ff
18 January 1762: Spain declared war on Britain, in advance...
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18 January 1762
Spain declared war on Britain, in advance of its secret promise in the Family Compact to do so.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
187-91
November 1762: At the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet in London,...
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November 1762
At the annual Lord Mayor's Banquet in London, Pitt
was vociferously welcomed, while Bute
, who was thought to be too soft in the peace negotiations, was nearly mauled by the crowd.
Furneaux, Rupert. The Seven Years War. Hart-Davis MacGibbon, 1973.
200
14 January 1766: William Pitt appealed to the House of Commons...
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14 January 1766
William Pitt
appealed to the House of Commons
to treat America as a kindly, paternalistic husband would treat a wife.
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
173
Thomas, Peter David Garner. British Politics and the Stamp Act Crisis: The First Phase of the American Revolution, 1763-1767. Clarendon, 1975.
173
30 July 1766: William Pitt again formed a Whig ministry,...
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30 July 1766
William Pitt
again formed a Whig ministry, but his health was so poor that he resigned as Prime Minister before the general election of spring 1768.
Namier, Sir Lewis Bernstein, and John, 1920 - Brooke, editors. The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1964.
1: 535
14 October 1768: The Duke of Grafton formed the government...
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14 October 1768
The Duke of Grafton
formed the government in succession to William Pitt
, following an election in March.
Stephen, Sir Leslie, and Sidney Lee, editors. The Dictionary of National Biography. Smith, Elder, 1908–2024, 22 vols. plus supplements.
Namier, Sir Lewis Bernstein, and John, 1920 - Brooke, editors. The House of Commons, 1754-1790. Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, 1964.
1: 535
Later 1778: Ann Wilson published her 1600-line poem Teisa,...
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Later 1778
Ann Wilson
published her 1600-line poem Teisa, describing, with moral reflections, the landscape, towns, antiquities, and history around the course of the River Tees.
Keegan, Bridget. “Eighteenth-Century Laboring-Class Women’s Locodescriptive Poetry: The Case of Ann Wilson’s ’Teisa’”. Eighteenth- and Nineteenth-Century British Women Writers Conference, Lawrence, KS, 17 Mar. 2001.
11 May 1778: William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, died one month...
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11 May 1778
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
, died one month and four days after collapsing dramatically in the House of Lords
in the midst of an impassioned harangue opposing the independence of the USA.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
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