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Paternal Family Tree: Pitt
On 16th November 1754 [his father] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 46) and [his mother] Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 34) were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Richard Granville.
On 28th May 1759 William "The Younger" Pitt was born to William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 50) and Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 38).
On 11th May 1778 [his father] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham (age 69) died. His son [his brother] John (age 21) succeeded 2nd Earl Chatham. He was initally bured at Hayes. After an address by the Commons to the king praying that the deceased statesman might be buried with the honours of a public funeral a sum was voted for a public monument which was erected over a new grave in Westminster Abbey. The monument, by the sculptor John Bacon, has a figure of Pitt above statues of Britannia and Neptune with figures representing Prudence, Fortitude, the Earth and also a sea creature. See Photograph by John Benjamin Stone
Around 1783 George Romney (age 48). Portrait of William "The Younger" Pitt (age 23).
On 3rd August 1784 John Griffin 4th Baron Howard Walden 1st Baron Braybrooke (age 65) abeyance terminated 4th Baron Howard de Walden through the actions of William "The Younger" Pitt (age 25).
On 9th April 1803 [his mother] Hester Granville Countess Chatham (age 82) died. Her son [his brother] John (age 46) succeeded 2nd Baron Chatham of Chatham in Kent.
In August 1803 Hester Lucy Stanhope (age 27) moved into the home of her uncle William "The Younger" Pitt (age 44) to manage his household and act as hostess - he being an unmarried Prime Minister.
In 1804 Francis Ingram Seymour-Conway 2nd Marquess Hertford (age 60) was appointed Master of the Horse by William "The Younger" Pitt (age 44).
In 1806 John Hoppner (age 47). Portrait of William "The Younger" Pitt (age 46).
In 23rd January 1806, after the death of William "The Younger" Pitt (age 46), Hester Lucy Stanhope (age 29) was awarded a pension of £1200 per year.
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The Chronicle of Geoffrey le Baker of Swinbroke. Baker was a secular clerk from Swinbroke, now Swinbrook, an Oxfordshire village two miles east of Burford. His Chronicle describes the events of the period 1303-1356: Gaveston, Bannockburn, Boroughbridge, the murder of King Edward II, the Scottish Wars, Sluys, Crécy, the Black Death, Winchelsea and Poitiers. To quote Herbert Bruce 'it possesses a vigorous and characteristic style, and its value for particular events between 1303 and 1356 has been recognised by its editor and by subsequent writers'. The book provides remarkable detail about the events it describes. Baker's text has been augmented with hundreds of notes, including extracts from other contemporary chronicles, such as the Annales Londonienses, Annales Paulini, Murimuth, Lanercost, Avesbury, Guisborough and Froissart to enrich the reader's understanding. The translation takes as its source the 'Chronicon Galfridi le Baker de Swynebroke' published in 1889, edited by Edward Maunde Thompson. Available at Amazon in eBook and Paperback.
On 23rd January 1806 William "The Younger" Pitt (age 46) died.
Kings Wessex: Great x 22 Grand Son of King Edmund "Ironside" I of England
Kings Gwynedd: Great x 19 Grand Son of Owain "Great" King Gwynedd
Kings Seisyllwg: Great x 25 Grand Son of Hywel "Dda aka Good" King Seisyllwg King Deheubarth
Kings Powys: Great x 20 Grand Son of Maredudd ap Bleddyn King Powys
Kings England: Great x 13 Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Kings Scotland: Great x 21 Grand Son of King Duncan I of Scotland
Kings Franks: Great x 19 Grand Son of Louis VII King Franks
Kings France: Great x 21 Grand Son of Robert "Pious" II King France
Kings Duke Aquitaine: Great x 26 Grand Son of Ranulf I Duke Aquitaine
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Pitt
Great x 3 Grandfather: Rector Thomas Pitt
Great x 2 Grandfather: Reverend John Pitt
Great x 1 Grandfather: Thomas "Diamond" Pitt
GrandFather: Robert Pitt
Father: William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham 12 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: George Villiers of Brokesby
Great x 3 Grandfather: Edward Villiers
Great x 4 Grandmother: Audrey Saunders
Great x 2 Grandfather: George Villiers 4th Viscount Grandison 9 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John St John 7 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Barbara St John 8 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Lucy Hungerford 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Henry III of England
Great x 1 Grandfather: Edward Fitzgerald Villiers 10 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Francis Leigh
Great x 3 Grandfather: Francis Leigh 1st Earl Chichester
Great x 4 Grandmother: Mary Egerton
Great x 2 Grandmother: Mary Leigh Viscountess Grandison 13 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: John Boteler 1st Baron Boteler 11 x Great Grand Son of King Edward I of England
Great x 3 Grandmother: Audrey Boteler Countess Chichester 12 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward I of England
Great x 4 Grandmother: Elizabeth Villiers Baroness Boteler Brantfield
GrandMother: Harriet Villiers 11 x Great Grand Daughter of King Edward III of England
William "The Younger" Pitt 13 x Great Grand Son of King Edward III of England
Great x 4 Grandfather: Richard Grenville
Great x 3 Grandfather: Richard Greville of Wotton Underwood
Great x 2 Grandfather: Richard Granville
Great x 1 Grandfather: Richard Granville
GrandFather: Richard Granville