The Speeches of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham in the Houses of Lords and Commons (Classic Reprint)
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Excerpt from The Speeches of the Right Honourable the Earl of Chatham in the Houses of Lords and Commons William Pitt, first Earl of Chatham, was born on the 15th of November, 1708, in the parish of St. James, in the city of Westminster. He was the second son of Robert Pitt, Esq., of Boconnoc, near Lostwithiell in the county of Cornwall; and of Harriet Villiers, sister of the Earl of Grandison, an Irish peer. His grandfather was Governor of Madras, and subsequently of Jamaica, and sat during four Parliaments for Old Sarum and Thirsk. This gentleman is more generally known as the possessor of the celebrated diamond called the Pitt diamond, which was purchased by the Regent Orleans for the King of France. William Pitt was sent to Eton at an early age, and placed upon the foundation of that celebrated establishment. Among others whose names subsequently became distinguished, he there had for his contemporaries George, afterwards Lord Lyttelton; Henry Fox, afterwards Lord Holland; and Henry Fielding. After leaving Eton, Pitt went to Trinity College, Oxford, where he devoted the principal portion of his time to the study of, history and the classical writers of antiquity. An early attack of the gout obliged him to quit the University without taking a degree. He then made a tour through France and Italy, for the benefit of his health. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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