Download or read book The Late Lord written by Jacqueline Reiter and published by Pen and Sword History. This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham is one of the most enigmatic and overlooked figures of early nineteenth century British history. The elder brother of Pitt the Younger, he has long been consigned to history as 'the late Lord Chatham', the lazy commander-in-chief of the 1809 Walcheren expedition, whose inactivity and incompetence turned what should have been an easy victory into a disaster. Chatham's poor reputation obscures a fascinating and complex man. During a twenty-year career at the heart of government, he served in several important cabinet posts such as First Lord of the Admiralty and Master-General of the Ordnance. Yet despite his closeness to the Prime Minister and friendship with the Royal Family, political rivalries and private tragedy hampered his ascendance. Paradoxically for a man of widely admired diplomatic skills, his downfall owed as much to his personal insecurities and penchant for making enemies as it did to military failure. Using a variety of manuscript sources to tease Chatham from the records, this biography peels away the myths and places him for the first time in proper familial, political, and military context. It breathes life into a much-maligned member of one of Britain's greatest political dynasties, revealing a deeply flawed man trapped in the shadow of his illustrious relatives.

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Download or read book Correspondence of William Pitt Earl of Chatham written by William Pitt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-12-05 with total page 623 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published 1838-40, this four-volume collection presents nearly forty years' worth of letters to and from Pitt the Elder.

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Download or read book Correspondence of William Pitt Earl of Chatham Edited by William Stanhope Taylor and John Henry Pringle written by William Pitt and published by . This book was released on 1840 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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