William Pitt, the Elder

An English political leader of the eighteenth century. Pitt led the British government in the Seven Years' War . Although he opposed independence for the American colonies, he worked to change the harsh colonial policies of King George III and his ministers .

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In his dedication to William Pitt the elder, Sterne asserts that “every time a man smiles,—but much more so, when he laughs, that it adds something to this Fragment of life.”

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Fein delivered a pocket history of the Fourth Amendment, from the reaction to the British “writs of assistance” to the words of John Adams and James Otis, and finally to remarks by William Pitt the Elder.

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William Pitt, the elder statesman of that name, was born in London, in the parish of St. James's, November 15, 1708.

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She watches as the great William Pitt the Elder returns to government on a sea of popularity, only to dash his admirers' hopes by resigning from Commons to become Earl of Chatham.

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In the center of town is the courthouse of Pittsylvania County �named after William Pitt the Elder, who was the Earl of Chatham.

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