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Assorted References
- attitude toward British taxation of American colonies
- contribution to oratory
- In oratory
- history of United Kingdom
association with
- Beckford
- Bute
- George III
- Lyttelton of Frankley
- Newcastle-under-Lyme
- Richmond
- Temple
- Townshend
role in
- French and Indian war
- Seven Years’ War
Additional Reading
Stanley Ayling, The Elder Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1976), is an excellent modern biography. Lord Macaulay’s review (1834) of Rev. Francis Thackeray’s History of the Right Honourable William Pitt, Earl of Chatham in his Essays and Lays of Ancient Rome (1884, reprinted 1954), brilliant but dated; J.H. Plumb, Chatham (1965), a short, interesting, and readable account; Lord Rosebery, Chatham: His Early Life and Connections (1910), a valuable, if lengthy, examination; O.A. Sherrard, Lord Chatham: A War Minister in the Making, 3 vol. (1952–58); and W.C.B. Turnstall, William Pitt, Earl of Chatham (1938), both scholarly and detailed.
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| Type | Description | Contributor | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Add new Web site: American Battlefield Trust - A Tale of Two Pitts: The Careers of the Elder and Younger William Pitt. | Aug 30, 2024 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | May 09, 2024 | ||
| First paragraph modernization. | Apr 02, 2024 | ||
| Anniversary information added. | Nov 11, 2023 | ||
| Media added. | Nov 20, 2015 | ||
| Add new Web site: The Victorian Web - Biography of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham. | May 04, 2014 | ||
| Added new Web site: How Stuff Works - History - Biographies of William Pitt, the Elder and the Younger. | Nov 06, 2008 | ||
| Added new Web site: United States History - Biography of William Pitt, the Elder. | Aug 13, 2008 | ||
| Article revised. | May 29, 2002 | ||
| Article added to new online database. | Jul 28, 1999 |
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