Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768 (1708–1778)
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He refused a title for decades, earning the nickname "the Great Commoner," then ran Britain's war machine during the Seven Years' War with a single-minded fixation on crushing France. His power didn't come from birthright — it came from oratory so commanding it bent the House of Commons to his will.
William Pitt was born 15 November 1708 and entered Parliament as a Whig who made his name attacking the government — Walpole's corruption in the 1730s, Hanoverian subsidies in the 1740s. From 1756 to 1761, with a brief interlude in 1757, he led the British cabinet through the Seven Years' War, including the French and Indian War in America, his brilliant rhetoric and single-minded devotion to victory over France solidifying Britain's dominance over world affairs. He finally accepted a title in 1766, becoming the 1st Earl of Chatham, and served as Prime Minister from 1766 to 1768, holding the o…
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America has been conquered in Germany, where Prince Ferdinand's victories have shattered the whole military power of that great military monarchy, France.
No doubt with me that Spain is France [more] than that the Isle of France is, a union in the House of Bourbon; loss of time loss of opportunity.
Pitt complained that we lay inactive, while the French pushed on their conquests.
The only way to have peace is to prepare for war.
A gloomy scene for this distressed, disgraced country.
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