UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Born: 15 November 1708

Died: 7 April 1778

1st Earl of Chatham - 4 August 1766

Member of Privy Council - 28 May 1746

father of John Pitt

husband of Hester Grenville

Paymaster General	1746	1755
Secretary of State for War	1756	April 1757
Secretary of State for War	June 1757	1761
Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury	30 July 1766	14 October 1768

17 May 1754	Aldborough	Whig	Unopposed
1756 Resignation of Rt Hon William Pitt on appointment as Secretary for War.
7 December 1756	Buckingham	Whig	Unopposed
11 December 1756 Rt Hon William Pitt elects to sit for Okehampton.
9 July 1757	Bath	Whig	Unopposed
27 March 1761	Bath	Whig	Unopposed
4 August 1766 Elevation of Rt Hon William Pitt to the Peerage - Earl of Chatham.