BORN 15 NOVEMBER 1708. DIED 11 MAY 1778. William was born in 1708, the younger son of Robert Pitt of Cornwall and Harriet, daughter of the Hon. Edward Villiers of Ireland. He was educated at Eton and ...

Given that he wrote a book on the subject in 2004 William Hague's choice of Pitt the Younger as his political hero is hardly surprising. However, the fact it was a former prime minister who first ...

William Pitt the Younger. In 1780, aged 21 he became Member of Parliament (MP) for Hull. Four years later he became MP for the whole of Yorkshire and began to work for the abolition of the British ...