Earl of Chatham
Earl of Chatham , in the County of Kent , was a hereditary British title in the Peerage of Great Britain .
Award
The title was created on August 4, 1766 for Prime Minister William Pitt the Elder , along with the subordinate title Viscount Pitt , of Burton Pynsent in the County of Somerset .
At his death in 1778, his eldest son, John Pitt, inherited the title of 2nd Earl. This inherited the death of his mother Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham (1720-1803) also the title of 2nd Baron Chatham , of Chatham in the County of Kent, which this had been awarded on December 4, 1761 in the Peerage of Great Britain. When he died childless on September 24, 1835, all three titles expired.
List of the Earls of Chatham (1766)
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)
- John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (1756–1835)
Web links
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
- Chatham, Earl of (GB, 1766-1835) at Cracroft's Peerage