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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham

1708 - 1778

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William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a British Whig statesman who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. Historians call him "Chatham" or "Pitt the Elder" to distinguish him from his son William Pitt the Younger, who also served as prime minister. Pitt was also known as "the Great Commoner" because of his long-standing refusal to accept a title until 1766. Pitt was a member of the British cabinet and with a brief interlude in 1757, its informal leader from 1756 to 1761, during the Seven Years' War (including the French and Indian War in the American colonies). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham is the 555th most popular politician (up from 7,598th in 2019), the 163rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (up from 1,512th in 2019) and the 46th most popular British Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 555 out of 19,576. Before him are Baldwin V of Jerusalem, Mustafa II, Philip VI of France, Liu Bei, Cambyses II, and Frederick III, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Stephen Báthory, Zenobia, Frederick William IV of Prussia, Ashraf Ghani, Sargon of Akkad, and Sibylla, Queen of Jerusalem.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1708, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 2. Before him is Francis I, Holy Roman Emperor. After him are Grand Duchess Anna Petrovna of Russia, Albrecht von Haller, Duke Charles Louis Frederick of Mecklenburg, Pompeo Batoni, 7th Dalai Lama, Safdar Jang, Antiochus Kantemir, Egidio Duni, Georg Dionysius Ehret, and Olof von Dalin. Among people deceased in 1778, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 4. Before him are Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Carl Linnaeus, and Voltaire. After him are Laura Bassi, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, Anna Maria Mozart, James Hargreaves, Étienne-Gabriel Morelly, Duke Louis of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Thomas Arne, and Louis Victor, Prince of Carignano.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 163 out of 8,785. Before him are Anna Wintour (1949), Andrew Lloyd Webber (1948), John Milton (1608), Charlotte Brontë (1816), Arthur Henderson (1863), and John Macleod (1876). After him are Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank (1935), Brian Johnson (1947), Ridley Scott (1937), Jane Seymour (1508), Roger Bacon (1220), and Patrick Blackett (1897).

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Among POLITICIANS In United Kingdom

Among politicians born in United Kingdom, William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ranks 46. Before him are Edward I of England (1239), Henry VII of England (1457), Alfred the Great (849), Macbeth, King of Scotland (1005), Neville Chamberlain (1869), and Arthur Henderson (1863). After him are Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 3rd Marquess of Salisbury (1830), Philip Noel-Baker (1889), Robert Clive (1725), Ernest Augustus, King of Hanover (1771), Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester (1900), and Princess Charlotte of Wales (1796).

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