Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Pitt, William (1)
Pitt, William, s. Robert, of Old Sarum, Wilts, arm. Trinity Coll., matric. 14 Jan., 1726-7, aged 18; Earl of Chatham so created 4 Aug., 1766, M.P. Old Sarum 1735-47, Seaford 1747-54, Aldburgh 1754-56, Okehampton 1756-7, Bath 1757-66, paymaster-general 1746-55, privy councillor 1746, secretary of State 1756-61, lord keeper 1766-8, died 11 May, 1778.