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Full name William Pitt, 1st Earl of Catham. Born 15 November 1708 in Westminster. Died 11 May 1778 in Hayes. Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768. He followed Charles Watson-Wentworth, 2nd Marquess of Rockingham in office. His successor was Augustus FitzRoy, 3rd Duke of Grafton.
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Pearce, Edward. Pitt the Elder: Man of War. London: The Bodley Head, 2010.