William Pitt the Younger, Earl of Chatham

William Pitt the Younger, Earl of Chatham, became the British Prime Minister in 1783, the year of the Treaty of Paris. He led Britain through the political aftermath of the loss of the American Revolution. Public lack of confidence in Royal leadership, allowed parliamentary reform, financing the national debt, and establishing European alliances. Mezzotint engraving after a painting by William Owen

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1780s 1790s Administrator Constitutional Exchequer Lcgr1907 Lcgr2019 Legislature Mezzotint Tory

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