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Pitt

• References:
  • PITT in [Burkes Extinct]

Robert Pitt,
mar Harriet Fitzgerald [descendant of Edward I]
and had issue:

William Pitt "the Elder", 1st Earl of Chatham (and here), born 1708,
educ Eton, and Trinity College, Oxford,
leader of Whigs,
Prime Minister 1766-8,
died 1778, age 70 yrs (see death scene), bur Westminster Abbey,
had issue:

1. John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham.

2. William Pitt "the Younger" (and here), born 1759,
   educ Pembroke College, Cambridge,
   Prime Minister 1783 (age 24, youngest ever) to 1801,
   opposed by Fox,
   passed Irish Act of Union 1800 (yet also wanted Catholic emancipation),
   Prime Minister 1804-6,
   defeat of French at Trafalgar 1805,
   died 1806, age 47 yrs, bur Westminster Abbey.

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• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, is named after William Pitt the Elder.
• Chatham St, off Grafton St, Dublin, is apparently after Pitt the Younger (though he never inherited the title).