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<p>[QUOTE="Chris B, post: 8181893, member: 87179"]A new edition to my British Historical Medals (BHM) collection. Seller's photos. </p><p>[ATTACH=full]1430525[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Great Britain: Gulielmo Pitt R.P.Q.B. (Bust) // Patriae Columen Decus, Ob. A. MDCCCVI (Rock In A Storm). Bronze, 53mm, high relief, toning uncirculated, By T. Webb, published by E. Thomason, BHM-610, Eimer-975, the Death of William Pitt.</p><p><br /></p><p>William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a prominent Tory statesman of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He became the youngest prime minister of Great Britain in 1783 at the age of 24 and the first prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as of January 1801. He left office in March 1801 but served as prime minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer for all of his time as prime minister. </p><p><br /></p><p>Pitt's prime ministerial tenure, which came during the reign of King George III, was dominated by major political events in Europe, including the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Pitt, although often referred to as a Tory, or "new Tory", called himself an "independent Whig" and was opposed to the development of a strict partisan political system.</p><p><br /></p><p>Pitt served as prime minister for a total of eighteen years, 343 days, making him the second longest serving British prime minister of all time.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Chris B, post: 8181893, member: 87179"]A new edition to my British Historical Medals (BHM) collection. Seller's photos. [ATTACH=full]1430525[/ATTACH] Great Britain: Gulielmo Pitt R.P.Q.B. (Bust) // Patriae Columen Decus, Ob. A. MDCCCVI (Rock In A Storm). Bronze, 53mm, high relief, toning uncirculated, By T. Webb, published by E. Thomason, BHM-610, Eimer-975, the Death of William Pitt. William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a prominent Tory statesman of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He became the youngest prime minister of Great Britain in 1783 at the age of 24 and the first prime minister of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland as of January 1801. He left office in March 1801 but served as prime minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer for all of his time as prime minister. Pitt's prime ministerial tenure, which came during the reign of King George III, was dominated by major political events in Europe, including the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars. Pitt, although often referred to as a Tory, or "new Tory", called himself an "independent Whig" and was opposed to the development of a strict partisan political system. Pitt served as prime minister for a total of eighteen years, 343 days, making him the second longest serving British prime minister of all time.[/QUOTE]
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