In August 1689, a French fleet appeared near the coast of Ceylon compelling the Governor of Pulicat Lawrence Pitt who was on high seas to seek protection within the bastions of Fort St George.

The British embassies of George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney ( 1793 ) and William Pitt Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst ( 1816 ) were foiled, since kowtowing would mean acknowledging their King as a subject of the Emperor.

The long tenure of the wartime Prime Minister Pitt the Younger ( 1783 – 1801 ), combined with the mental illness of George III, consolidated the power of the post.

The Foundation of Perth 1829 by George Pitt Morison is an historically accurate reconstruction of the official ceremony by which Perth was founded.

Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Matt Damon, Andy García, Julia Roberts, and Soderbergh in December 2001

In February / March 1847, before the serial was even completed, The String of Pearls was adapted as a melodrama by George Dibden Pitt for the Britannia Theatre in Hoxton.

* The String of Pearls ( 1847 ) a melodrama by George Dibden Pitt.

Prime Ministers of the period included: William Pitt the Younger, Lord Grenville, Duke of Portland, Spencer Perceval, Lord Liverpool, George Canning, Lord Goderich, Duke of Wellington, Lord Grey, Lord Melbourne, and Sir Robert Peel.

Pitt had changed his stance on a number of issues to make himself more acceptable to George, most notably the heated issue of Hanoverian subsidies.

He was succeeded by his grandson, George III, who had once considered Pitt an ally but had become angered by Pitt's alliance with Newcastle and acceptance of the need for British intervention in Germany – which George was strongly opposed to.

Pitt's brother-in-law George Grenville was given a major role in government, angering Pitt who felt Grenville should have resigned with him.

The coalition's untimely fall was brought about by George III in league with the House of Lords, and the King now brought in Chatham's son, William Pitt the Younger, as his prime minister.

Several young politicians including William Pitt the Elder and George Grenville formed a faction known as the " Patriot Boys " and joined the Prince of Wales in opposition.

A huge wrap-around mural by renowned American artist Sol LeWitt can be seen in the foyer of Australia Square Tower on the corner of George, Bond and Pitt Streets.

Argyll and Towshend were dismissed as directors, as were surviving Tories Sir Richard Hoare and George Pitt, and King George I became Governor.

At Cambridge, Pitt was tutored by George Pretyman, who became a close personal friend.

When Lord Shelburne resigned in 1783, King George III, who despised Fox, offered to appoint Pitt to the office of Prime Minister.

Following the bill's failure in the Upper House, George III dismissed the coalition government and finally entrusted the premiership to William Pitt, after having offered the position to him three times previously.

An electoral defeat for the Government was out of the question because Pitt enjoyed the support of King George III.

In A new way to pay the National Debt ( 1786 ), James Gillray caricatured Queen Charlotte and George III awash with treasury funds to cover royal debts, with Pitt handing them another moneybag.

In August 1792, George III appointed Pitt to the honorary post of Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports.

" Distinguished guests who stayed at the mansion include George III, William Pitt and Peter the Great of Russia.

The British commander of Fort Pitt, Captain Edmondstone, had signed a grant of of land from King George of England to Peter Rowletter.

* 1819 – Sir George Stokes, 1st Baronet, Irish-English mathematician and physicist ( d. 1903 )

* 1592 – George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, English statesman ( d. 1628 )

* George Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon 1905 – 1908

** David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, the Chancellor of the Exchequer

" The reception of the Diplomatique ( George Macartney, 1st Earl Macartney | Macartney ) and his suite, at the Court of Pekin ".

Attacks upon the monopolists by Parliament for the abuse of prices led to the scapegoating of Francis Bacon by George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, leading to Bacon's impeachment before the Lords, the first of its kind which was not officially sanctioned by the King in the form of a bill of attainder since 1459.

However, George Spencer, the 5th Duke of Marlborough, obtained a Royal Licence to assume and bear the additional surname and arms of his famous ancestor, the 1st Duke of Marlborough, and thus became George Spencer-Churchill.

* 1608 – George Monck, 1st Duke of Albemarle, English soldier ( d. 1670 )

* George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen ( 1637 – 1720 )

Admiral of the Fleet Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten, 1st Earl Mountbatten of Burma ( born Prince Louis of Battenberg ; 25 June 1900 – 27 August 1979 ), was a British statesman and naval officer, an uncle of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and second cousin once removed to Elizabeth II.

Edward George Earle Lytton Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton PC ( 25 May 1803 – 18 January 1873 ), was an English politician, poet, playwright, and novelist.

* 1719 – George Brydges Rodney, 1st Baron Rodney, British naval officer ( d. 1792 )

* 1724 – George Townshend, 1st Marquess Townshend, English field marshal ( d. 1807 )

* 1666 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier ( d. 1737 )

The garrison, led by George Augustus Eliott, later 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar, survived all attacks and a blockade of supplies.

By now the siege was over, and George Augustus Eliott was awarded the Knight of the Bath and was created 1st Baron Heathfield of Gibraltar.

George Ville calculated an average age at death at 27 for gladiators ( based on headstone evidence ), with mortality " among all who entered the arena " around the 1st century CE at 19 / 100.

George Gordon, 1st Earl of Aberdeen ( 6 October 1637 – 20 April 1720 ), Lord Chancellor of Scotland, was the second son of Sir John Gordon, 1st Baronet, of Haddo, Aberdeenshire, ( executed in 1644 ); by his wife, Mary Forbes.

An extravagant example of marshalling: the 719 quarterings of the George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 1st Marquess of Buckingham | Grenville Roll of arms | Armorial at Stowe House | Stowe.

Field Marshal Harold Rupert Leofric George Alexander, 1st Earl Alexander of Tunis ( 10 December 189116 June 1969 ) was a British military commander and field marshal who served with distinction in both world wars and, afterwards, as Governor General of Canada, the 17th since Canadian Confederation.

* 1716 – George Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville, British soldier and politician ( d. 1785 )

* 1737 – George Hamilton, 1st Earl of Orkney, British soldier ( b. 1666 )

George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield | Lord Heathfield ( 1788 ).