Tuesday, May 25, 2004

Pitt, William, The Elder

Also called (from 1766) �1st Earl of Chatham, Viscount Pitt of Burton-Pynsent�, byname �The Great Commoner� British statesman, twice virtual prime minister (1756 - 61, 1766 - 68), who secured the transformation of his country into an imperial power.

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