Author: Basil WilliamsPublisher: London : Longmans, Green
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
Author: Basil WilliamsPublisher: London : Longmans, Green
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 478
Book Description
The Late Lord
Author: Jacqueline ReiterPublisher: Pen and Sword History
ISBN: 9781473856950
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham is one of the most enigmatic and overlooked figures of early nineteenth century British history. The elder brother of Pitt the Younger, he has long been consigned to history as 'the late Lord Chatham', the lazy commander-in-chief of the 1809 Walcheren expedition, whose inactivity and incompetence turned what should have been an easy victory into a disaster. Chatham's poor reputation obscures a fascinating and complex man. During a twenty-year career at the heart of government, he served in several important cabinet posts such as First Lord of the Admiralty and Master-General of the Ordnance. Yet despite his closeness to the Prime Minister and friendship with the Royal Family, political rivalries and private tragedy hampered his ascendance. Paradoxically for a man of widely admired diplomatic skills, his downfall owed as much to his personal insecurities and penchant for making enemies as it did to military failure. Using a variety of manuscript sources to tease Chatham from the records, this biography peels away the myths and places him for the first time in proper familial, political, and military context. It breathes life into a much-maligned member of one of Britain's greatest political dynasties, revealing a deeply flawed man trapped in the shadow of his illustrious relatives.
Correspondence of William Pitt
Author: William Pitt (Earl of Chatham)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : United States
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
William Pitt the Younger: A Biography
Author: William HaguePublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007480938
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 708
Book Description
The award-winning biography of William Pitt the Younger by William Hague, the youngest leader of the Tory Party since Pitt himself.
Anecdotes of the life of ... William Pitt, Earl of Chatham, and of the principal events of his time. With his speeches in Parliament, from the year 1736 to the year 1778, etc. [By John Almon.]
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Author: John ALMONPitt the Elder
Author: Jeremy BlackPublisher: CUP Archive
ISBN: 9780521398060
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
This book offers an account of the life of one of the greatest statesmen of empire, William Pitt the Elder.
The Spirit of the Age Or Contemporary Portraits
Author: William HazlittLife of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
Author: Basil WilliamsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 438
Book Description
George III
Author: Peter David Garner ThomasPublisher: Manchester University Press
ISBN: 9780719064296
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
George III was a high-profile and well-known character in British history whose policies have often been blamed for the loss of Britain's American colonies, around whom rages a perennial dispute over his aims: was he seeking to restore royal power or merely exercising his constitutional rights?
William Pitt, Earl of Chatham
Author: Albert von RuvillePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 442
Book Description