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William Pitt. who served as Prime Minister from 30 July to 14 October , was born on 15 November , the second son and fourth of seven children of Robert Pitt and his wife Lady Harriet Villiers.

The family was not aristocratic and the politicians in the family relied on connections and their own abilities to make their way in life.

William pitt the elder biography of michael

Between and , Pitt was educated at Eton and then went up to Trinity College Oxford. He left there in before graduating and took a place at the University of Utrecht. Pitt then was provided with a Cornetcy in Cobham's Regiment (the King's Own Regiment of Horse) in but was dismissed in for a sarcastic speech he made in parliament.

Cobham was his uncle.

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Pitt undertook a foreshortened "grand tour" in , visiting only France and Switzerland.

Pitt entered political life in when he was elected as MP for Old Sarum, the family's rotten borough. In he was appointed Groom of the Bedchamber to the Prince of Wales.

In this period of his life, Pitt opposed Walpole's gove