Tag: Grenville
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William Pitt the Younger’s Incredible Story of Service to the Nation
William Pitt the Younger is the last of Britain’s Eighteenth century Prime Ministers. At 24 he was the youngest PM ever, one of Parliament’s greatest orators, created the first Australian penal colonies, oversaw establishment of the United Kingdom and so, so much more. He’s hugely important. Click and read.
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Prime Minister Grenville Sowed the Seed of American Independence
Grenville is remembered as the man who introduced the Stamp Act to the American colonies setting in train events that led to independence. He was from a hugely political family in Buckinghamshire, William Pitt was his brother-in-law and he prosecuted the ‘folk hero’ John Wilkes. Fascinating Prime Minister. Read on.