Earl of Chatham

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William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham

Earl of Chatham, of Chatham in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1766 for William Pitt the Elder on his appointment as Lord Privy Seal, along with the subsidiary title Viscount Pitt, of Burton Pynsent in the County of Somerset, also in the Peerage of Great Britain.

The first earl's wife, the former Lady Hester Grenville, daughter of the 1st Countess Temple, had earlier been created Baroness Chatham, of Chatham in the County of Kent, also in the Peerage of Great Britain, in 1761, as at that stage her husband had wished to remain a member of the House of Commons.

Their second son was William Pitt the Younger, who became the country's youngest prime minister in 1783, at the age of 24.

Their eldest son, John Pitt, inherited the earldom and viscountcy in 1778 and the barony in 1803. Upon his death in 1835, all three titles became extinct.

Barons Chatham (1761)

Arms of William Pitt

Arms of William Pitt, which form the basis for those of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and the University of Pittsburgh

The second creation of this title came in 1761 in favour of Lady Hester Pitt; the first creation was for John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and hence the Duke of Argyll.

• Hester Pitt, 1st Baroness Chatham (1720–1803)
• John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, 2nd Baron Chatham (1756–1835)

Earls of Chatham (1766)

• William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)
• John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (1756–1835)

Family tree

v t e Family tree of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Buckingham, Marquess of Chandos, Viscount Cobham, Earl Temple, Earl Temple of Stowe, Baron Cobham, Baron Grenville, Baron Lyttelton, Baron Westcote and Temple baronets

Peter Temple Anthony Temple John Temple Baronet, of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, 1611 William Temple 1555–1627 Thomas Temple 1567–1637 1st Baronet, of Stowe Alexander Temple 1583–1629 Baronet, of Frankley, in the County of Worcester, 1618 John Temple 1600–1677 Peter Temple 1592–1653 2nd Baronet, of Stowe John Temple 1593–1632 James Temple 1606–1680 Thomas Lyttelton 1593–1650 1st Baronet, of Frankley Baronet, of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, 1662 Thomas Temple 1613/14–1674 1st Baronet, of Stowe Peter Temple 1613–1660 Henry Lyttelton 1624–1693 2nd Baronet, of Frankley Charles Lyttelton 1628–1716 3rd Baronet, of Frankley Baronet, of Stowe (1662 creation) extinct, 1674 John Temple 1632–1705 Richard Temple 1634–1697 3rd Baronet, of Stowe Eleanor Temple d. 1729 m. Richard Grenville William Temple d. 1706 Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple, of Mount Temple in the County of Sligo, 1723 Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent (6th creation), 1714 Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent (7th creation), 1718 Earl Temple, 1749 Henry Temple c. 1673–1757 1st Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple Richard Temple 1675–1749 1st Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham, 4th Baronet Temple, of Stowe Hester Grenville c. 1690–1752 1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham and 2nd Baroness Cobham Richard Grenville 1678–1727 Christian Temple Thomas Lyttelton 1686–1751 4th Baronet, of Frankley William Temple 1694–1760 5th Baronet Temple, of Stowe Peter Temple d. 1761 6th Baronet Temple, of Stowe Barony Cobham (1714 creation) extinct, 1749 Henry, Lord Temple Richard Temple 1731–1786 7th Baronet Temple, of Stowe Baron Lyttelton (1st creation), 1756 Baron Westcote, 1776 Baron Lyttelton (2nd creation), 1794 Baronetcy Temple, of Stowe dormant, 1786 Henry Temple 1739–1802 2nd Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple Richard Grenville-Temple 1711–1779 2nd Earl Temple, 3rd Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham George Grenville 1712–1770 Hester Grenville 1720–1803 Baroness Chatham m. William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham and Viscount Pitt George Lyttelton 1709–1773 1st Baron Lyttelton, 5th Baronet, of Frankley William Henry Lyttelton 1724–1808 1st Baron Lyttelton Marquess of Buckingham, 1784 Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, 1790 George Nugent-Temple-Grenville 1753–1813 1st Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Temple, 2nd Earl Nugent, 4th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham William Wyndham Grenville 1759–1834 1st Baron Grenville William Pitt the Younger 1759–1806 Thomas Lyttelton 1744–1779 2nd Baron Lyttelton, 5th Baronet, of Frankley Barony Grenville extinct, 1834 Barony Lyttelton and Baronetcy, of Frankley extinct, 1779 Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos and Earl Temple of Stowe, 1822 Henry John Temple 1784–1865 3rd Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1776–1839 1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Nugent, 4th Earl Temple, 5th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham George Fulke Lyttelton 1763–1828 2nd Baron Lyttelton William Henry Lyttelton 1782–1837 3rd Baron Lyttelton Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1797–1861 2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 3rd Marquess of Buckingham, 4th Earl Nugent, 6th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville 1823–1889 3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 4th Marquess of Buckingham, 5th Earl Nugent, 6th Earl Temple, 7th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Anna Eliza Mary (Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville) Gore-Langton 1820–1879 William Henry Powell Gore-Langton 1824–1873 George William Lyttelton 1817–1876 4th Baron Lyttelton Dukedom of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquessates of Buckingham and Chandos, and the Earldoms of Temple (1st creation) and of Nugent extinct, 1889 William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton 1847–1902 4th Earl Temple of Stowe Charles George Lyttelton 1842–1922 8th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Algernon William Stephen Temple-Gore-Langton 1871–1902 5th Earl Temple of Stowe Chandos Graham Temple-Gore-Langton 1873–1921 Evelyn Arthur Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton 1884–1972 John Cavendish Lyttelton 1881–1949 9th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Chandos Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton 1909–1966 6th Earl Temple of Stowe Ronald Stephen Brydges Temple-Gore-Langton 1910–1988 7th Earl Temple of Stowe Walter Grenville Algernon Temple-Gore-Langton 1924–2013 8th Earl Temple of Stowe Charles John Lyttelton 1909–1977 10th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham James Grenville Temple-Gore-Langton b. 1955 9th Earl Temple of Stowe John William Leonard Lyttelton 1943–2006 11th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Christopher Charles Lyttelton b. 1947 12th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham Rowan Caradoc Temple-Gore-Langton b. 1987 Oliver Christopher Lyttelton b. 1976 Heir apparent to the Earl Temple of Stowe Heir apparent to the Viscount of Cobham

See also

• Earl of Londonderry (1726 creation)
• Baron Camelford

External links

• Leigh Rayment's Peerage Pages