William Pitt the Younger

Tags: Prime Minister.

William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24. He left office in 1801 but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806. He was also the Chancellor of the Exchequer throughout his premiership and Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports from August 1792.

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active years end date

1783-03-31, 1801-03-14, 1806-01-23

active years start date

1782-07-10, 1783-12-19, 1804-05-10

alma mater

Pembroke College Cambridge

birth date

1759-05-28

birth place

England, Kent, Hayes Bromley

death date

1806-01-16, 1806-01-23

death place

England, London

monarch

George III of the United Kingdom

nationality

Kingdom of Great Britain

order in office

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Prime Minister of Great Britain

successor

Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice 3rd Marquess of Lansdowne, Lord John Cavendish, Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth, William Grenville 1st Baron Grenville