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Battles/wars. Napoleonic Wars. William Pitt (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801.
May 24, 2024 · William Pitt, the Younger (born May 28, 1759, Hayes, Kent, England—died January 23, 1806, London) was a British prime minister (1783–1801, 1804–06) during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. He had considerable influence in strengthening the office of the prime minister.
May 8, 2013 · At just 24 years old, William Pitt The Younger, son of Pitt the Elder, was the youngest Prime Minister in history. He died aged only 46.
3 days ago · United Kingdom - William Pitt, Prime Minister, Reforms: Pitt lived and died a bachelor, totally obsessed with political office. He was clever, single-minded, confident of his own abilities, and a natural politician. But perhaps his greatest asset in the early 1780s was his youth.
William Pitt, the Younger, (born May 28, 1759, Hayes, Kent, Eng.—died Jan. 23, 1806, London), British statesman and prime minister (1783–1801, 1804–06). The son of William Pitt, he entered Parliament in 1781 and served as chancellor of the Exchequer (1782–83).
Learn about the life and achievements of William Pitt, the youngest British prime minister who led the country during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars. Find out how he reformed public finances, imperial and foreign policy, and Ireland.
May 18, 2018 · William Pitt the Younger. The English statesman William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806) introduced important financial and administrative reforms, girded England for war against Revolutionary and Napoleonic France, and attempted to solve the perennial Irish problem.
