1st Earl Chatham, William Pitt

1708 - 1778  (69 years)

• Name	William Pitt
  Title	1st Earl Chatham,
  Born	15 Nov 1708	Golden Square, St. James', Westminster, London   [1]
  Christened	13 Dec 1708	St. James, Piccadilly   [1]
  Died	11 May 1778	Hayes, Near Bromley, Kent   [2]
  Person ID	I00693	Eliots of Port Eliot
  Last Modified	11 Aug 2021

  
  

  Wife	Lady Chatham Hester Grenville,   b. 08 Nov 1720,   d. 03 Apr 1803, Burton Pynsent, Somerset  (Age 82 years)
  Married	16 Nov 1754	Lady Hester's Lodgings in Argyle Street
  • "Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham" by Basil Williams, Volume 2, page 247: On Saturday, November 16, 1754, two days after the opening of the session, William Pitt and Lady Hester Grenville were ;married in her lodgings in Argyle Street. Dr. Ayscough, brother-in-law of George Lyttelton, and an old friend of both families, married them under special license. A few friends only were present at the ceremony, and on the same day Pitt and his wife went to West's house at Wickam, lent them for their brief honeymoon. . . . they were undisturbed together for barely ten days.
  Children	1. Hester Pitt,   b. 18 Oct 1755, Pay Office ,   d. 18 Jul 1780, Chevening, Kent  (Age 24 years)   2. 2nd Earl Chatham, John Pitt,   b. 10 Sep 1756, Hayes, Near Bromley, Kent ,   d. 24 Sep 1835, 10 Charles Street, Berkeley Square  (Age 79 years)   3. Harriot Pitt,   b. 18 Apr 1758, London, England ,   d. 25 Sep 1786, 10 Downing Street, London, England  (Age 28 years)   4. William Pitt,   b. 28 May 1759, Hayes, Near Bromley, Kent ,   d. 23 Jan 1806, Bowling Green House, Putney Heath, Surrey, England  (Age 46 years)   5. James Charles Pitt,   b. 24 Apr 1761, St. James' Square, London ,   d. 13 Nov 1780, English Harbour, Antigua  (Age 19 years)
  Last Modified	16 Jun 2021
  Family ID	F00038	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Photos

  William Pitt the Elder Portrait by William Hoare

  
  

• Notes

  --- "Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham" by Basil Williams, Volume 1, page 28: William was born on Monday morning at about eight o'clock in the morning. The same book also transcribes his Christening record as follows: "1708 December 13. William, of Robert Pitts, Esq., and Henrietta, born November 15; baptized." In the biography, the godfathers are listed as George Pitt of Strathfieldsaye and General William Stewart (William Pitt's grandmother Grandison's second husband, after whom he was named.). ----------------------------------------------------------

  
  

• Sources

  "Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham" by Basil Williams, Volume 1, page 28. [S00011] William Pitt the Younger by William Hague, (Name: Name: Name: Harper Collins, 2004;;;).