William Pitt the Younger

The Right Honourable William Pitt, the Younger (28 May 1759–23 January 1806) was a British politician during the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He served as Prime Minister from 1783 to 1801, and again from 1804 until his death. He is known as William Pitt the Younger to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt the Elder, who also served as Prime Minister of Great Britain.

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The younger Pitt's prime ministerial tenure, which came during the reign of George III, was dominated by major events in Europe, including the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Pitt, a Tory, was both the youngest and one of the longest-serving Prime Ministers in British history.

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Portrait of William Pitt the Younger (1759-1806)	William Pitt (The Younger) Addresses the House of Commons	William Pitt the "Elder " Later 1st Earl of Chatham	Monument to William Pitt the Elder 1st Earl of Chatham
William Pitt Addressing the House of Commons on the French Declaration of Wars 1793	Ludwig Van Beethoven Engraved by William Holl the Younger	Johann Strauss the Younger 1895	Johann Strauss the Younger 1888
Hans Holbein the Younger Engraved by Bartholomaus Huebner 1790	Sir John Vanbrugh Engraved by John Faber the Younger 1727	Charles James Fox Addressing the House of Commons During the Pitt Ministry	William Tell