William Pitt (1708–1778), 1st Earl of Chatham

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William Pitt was a statesman and Prime Minister. Forced by opinion on George II to save the nation in 1756, Pitt led the House of Commons and organised the victories of 1759 over France which consolidated British sea power and brought territorial gains in India and Canada. In 1761 he resigned. He returned to office as Prime Minister in 1766, accepting an earldom, only to fall ill and retire. Although suffering from manic depression, Pitt left his sickbed in 1778 to plead for a tolerant attitude to the British colonists in America. He was the father of William Pitt the younger.

National Portrait Gallery, London

London

Title

William Pitt (1708–1778), 1st Earl of Chatham

Date

c.1766

Medium

marble

Measurements

H 73 x W (?) x D (?) cm

Accession number

6081

Acquisition method

purchased, 1990

Work type

Bust

Inscription description

incised

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