Earl of Chatham
Earl of Chatham, in the County of Kent, war ein erblicher britischer Adelstitel in der Peerage of Great Britain.
Verleihung
Der Titel wurde am 4. August 1766 für den Premierminister William Pitt den Älteren geschaffen, zusammen mit dem nachgeordneten Titel Viscount Pitt, of Burton Pynsent in the County of Somerset.
Bei seinem Tod 1778 erbte sein ältester Sohn John Pitt die Titel als 2. Earl. Dieser erbte beim Tod seiner Mutter Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham (1720–1803) auch den Titel Baron Chatham, of Chatham in the County of Kent, der dieser am 4. Dezember 1761 in der Peerage of Great Britain verliehen worden war. Als er am 24. September 1835 kinderlos starb, erloschen alle drei Titel.
Liste der Earls of Chatham (1766)
- William Pitt, 1. Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)
- John Pitt, 2. Earl of Chatham (1756–1835)
Weblinks
- Chatham, Earl of (GB, 1766 - 1835) bei Cracroft’s Peerage
- Leigh Rayment’s Peerage Page
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Pitt arms.svg
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Pitt arms: Sable, a fess chequy argent and azure, between three bezants. Crest: A stork proper. According to Mark Antony Lower: "The family of Pitt, Earl of Chatham, bore Sable, a fesse chequy argent and azure between three bezants (or pieces of money), in allusion to the office the original grantee held in the Exchequer. The Fanshawes also bore chequy, &c., for the same reason". (Source: Mark Antony Lower, The Curiosities of Heraldry, London, 1845, p.185[1]). This original grantee was John Pitt (d.1602), Clerk of the Exchequer (source: Arthur Collins, Collins's Peerage of England, Volume 7, London, 1812, pp.485-6 [2]), a mercer from Blandford Forum in Dorset,[1] from whose younger son, Thomas Pitt of Blandford (father of Rev. John Pitt), the Pitts of Boconnoc were descended. The eldest son of John Pitt (d.1602) was Sir William Pitt (c.1559-1636), MP for Wareham, who founded the senior line of Pitt of Stratfield Saye in Hampshire, many of whose descendants served as a MP for Wareham and in 1776 acquired the title Baron Rivers. Motto: "Benigno numine", meaning "With the benevolent deity" or "By the favour of the heavens".
Autor/Urheber: Wikimandia, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
Pitt arms: Sable, a fess chequy argent and azure, between three bezants. Crest: A stork proper. According to Mark Antony Lower: "The family of Pitt, Earl of Chatham, bore Sable, a fesse chequy argent and azure between three bezants (or pieces of money), in allusion to the office the original grantee held in the Exchequer. The Fanshawes also bore chequy, &c., for the same reason". (Source: Mark Antony Lower, The Curiosities of Heraldry, London, 1845, p.185[1]). This original grantee was John Pitt (d.1602), Clerk of the Exchequer (source: Arthur Collins, Collins's Peerage of England, Volume 7, London, 1812, pp.485-6 [2]), a mercer from Blandford Forum in Dorset,[1] from whose younger son, Thomas Pitt of Blandford (father of Rev. John Pitt), the Pitts of Boconnoc were descended. The eldest son of John Pitt (d.1602) was Sir William Pitt (c.1559-1636), MP for Wareham, who founded the senior line of Pitt of Stratfield Saye in Hampshire, many of whose descendants served as a MP for Wareham and in 1776 acquired the title Baron Rivers. Motto: "Benigno numine", meaning "With the benevolent deity" or "By the favour of the heavens".