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Pitt, William (“the Younger”) (1759–1806)
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The youngest prime minister in British history, William Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, led Britain's House of Commons through the aftermath of the American War of Independence (1775–1783), the illness of George III, the French Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), and the Napoleonic Wars (1802–1815). In two terms of office totaling nineteen years, Pitt stabilized the British economy, modernized the prime ministership, and laid the foundations for the defeat of Napoleon. The youngest of a group of remarkable parliamentary orators that included Edmund Burke, Charles James Fox, and Richard Sheridan, he is known as Pitt the Younger to avoid confusion with his father William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778), architect of British victory in the Seven Years' War (1756–1763).
Title: Pitt, William (“the Younger”) (1759–1806)
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The youngest prime minister in British history, William Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, led Britain's House of Commons through the aftermath of the American War of Independence (1775–1783), the illness of George III, the French Revolution, the French Revolutionary Wars (1792–1802), and the Napoleonic Wars (1802–1815).
In two terms of office totaling nineteen years, Pitt stabilized the British economy, modernized the prime ministership, and laid the foundations for the defeat of Napoleon.
The youngest of a group of remarkable parliamentary orators that included Edmund Burke, Charles James Fox, and Richard Sheridan, he is known as Pitt the Younger to avoid confusion with his father William Pitt the Elder, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778), architect of British victory in the Seven Years' War (1756–1763).
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Author Index
Author Index
Aalto, S., 2352
Abankwa, D., 32
Abd El‐Aleem, S.A., 650
Abizaid, A., 2488
Ackerman, S.L., 11
Adams, D.J., 2410
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