Pitt the Elder
William Pitt the Elder (1711-78), First Earl of Chatham, was known as The Great Commoner, a political outsider who rose to high office during the Seven Years War. This book traces his life as a notable scourge of corruption in English government and supporter of the colonial cause in America, and as the first Englishman of his time, he made England the first country in the world, (Macaulay, Essays, ii, 198).

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