It was reported that the £ 1, 000 cost of the commission had been supplied by the Prime Minister out of Treasury funds in an attempt to secure the support of Pitt's brother Thomas in Parliament.

His friendship with his mentor Burke and his parliamentary credibility were both casualties of Fox's support for France during the Revolutionary Wars, but he went on to attack Pitt's wartime legislation and to defend the liberty of religious minorities and political radicals.

By May 1797, an overwhelming majority – both in and outside of Parliament – had formed in support of Pitt's war against France.

Canning was angered by Pitt's desire not to proactively work to turn out the ministry but support the ministry when it adopted sound policies.

Fox soon grew to be a favourite of George II as well, who would in the future support his inclusion in governments in much the same way he would oppose Pitt's membership.

After Nelson's death Rose became Emma Hamilton's executor and Horatia's guardian ; but Pitt's death diminished Rose's influence and his fellow Ministers did not support her.

In 1788 he was appointed Solicitor General, and was knighted, and at the close of this year he attracted attention by his speeches in support of Pitt's resolutions on the state of the king ( George III, who then labored under a mental malady ) and the delegation of his authority.

Fitzwilliam declared in a letter to Grenville on 7 November that Pitt's unwillingness to come out in support of a restoration of the House of Bourbon as the aim of the war was the main reason why he did not support Pitt.

It is unclear if FitzGibbon's support of Grattan, or support for Pitt's proposals would have made much difference, given that many hardline Protestants probably felt the same way as FitzGibbon.

Much of the support cast were local residents from Pitt's hometown of Moree.

On Pitt's return home in 1730 it was necessary for him, as the younger son, to choose a profession.

Many of Pitt's attacks on the government were directed personally at Sir Robert Walpole who had now been Prime Minister for twenty years.

Pitt's hopes for a place in the government were thwarted, and he remained in opposition.

This helped to establish Pitt's reputation with the British people for honesty and placing the interests of the nation before his own.

Pitt's relationship with the Duke slumped further in early 1756 when he alleged that Newcastle was deliberately leaving the island of Minorca ill-defended so that the French would seize it, and Newcastle could use its loss to prove that Britain was not able to fight a war against France and sue for peace.

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 plan for an expedition to capture Belle Île was put into force in April 1761 and it was captured after a siege.

The instantaneous revulsion of public feeling was somewhat unreasonable, for Pitt's health seems now to have been beyond doubt so shattered by his hereditary malady, that he was already in old age though only fifty-eight.

Pitt's plan called for three major offensive actions involving large numbers of regular troops, supported by the provincial militias, aimed at capturing the heartlands of New France.

How she will bequeath her great wealth is a source of constant conflict between the branches of the Crawley family who vie shamelessly for her affections ; initially her favourite is Sir Pitt's younger son, Captain Rawdon Crawley.

Straczynski announced on February 23, 2007 that he had been hired to write the feature film adaptation of Max Brooks's New York Times-bestselling novel World War Z for Paramount Pictures and Brad Pitt's production company, Plan B.

The House of Commons rejected Pitt's resolution by over 140 votes, despite receiving petitions for reform bearing over twenty thousand signatures.

He opposed the policy of protective duties, but supported Pitt's commercial propositions in 1785 for establishing free trade between Great Britain and Ireland, which, however, had to be abandoned owing to the hostility of the British mercantile classes.

Grattan supported the government for a time after 1782, and spoke and voted for the repressive legislation that followed the Whiteboy violence in 1785 ; but as the years passed without Pitt's personal favour towards parliamentary reform resulting in legislation, he gravitated towards the opposition, agitated for commutation of tithes in Ireland, and supported the Whigs on the regency question in 1788.

The Catholic question had come to the fore, and when a powerful section of the Whigs joined Pitt's ministry in 1794, and it became known that the lord-lieutenancy was to go to Lord Fitzwilliam, who shared Grattan's views, expectations for further Catholic relief were raised.

* Foster is honored on the University of Pittsburgh campus with the Stephen Foster Memorial, a landmark building that houses the Stephen Foster Memorial Museum, the Center for American Music, as well as two theaters: the Charity Randall Theatre and Henry Heymann Theatre, both performance spaces for Pitt's Department of Theater Arts.

Appointed Minister for War on the outbreak of the Wars of the French Revolution, he was Pitt's closest advisor and planner for Britain's military participation in the First Coalition.

Another reason for his retreat could have been Pitt's death in 1806.

Nevertheless, for seventy years following Pitt's death in 1806, Number 10 was rarely used as the First Lord's residence.

The bill introduced in 1785 was Pitt's last parliamentary reform proposal introduced in Parliament.

None of the men had their commissions reinstated, however, and the incident brought an end to Pitt's military career.

It is such far-reaching results as these, and not the mere acquisition of a single colony, however valuable, that constitute Pitt's claim to be considered as the most powerful minister that ever guided the foreign policy of England.

So as to reduce the power of the Opposition, Pitt offered Charles James Fox and his allies posts in the Cabinet ; Pitt's refusal to include Lord North, however, thwarted his efforts.

Fox, however, still insisted on challenging the repressive wartime legislation introduced by Pitt in the 1790s that would become known ( rather exaggeratedly ) as " Pitt's Terror ".

Windham was the contact between the conservative Whigs and the government, however he was still at this time hesitant about joining Pitt's government.

Mr. Pitt's case in ' 84 is the nearest analogy ; but then the people only confirmed the Sovereign's choice ; here every Conservative candidate professed himself in plain words to be Sir Robert Peel's man, and on that ground was elected.

This was again Pitt's version of the play.

The character's new, tragic backstory was Bond's way of grafting dramatic themes from The Revenger's Tragedy onto Pitt's stage plot.

Thomas ( 2003 ) argues that Pitt's power was based not on his family connections but his extraordinary parliamentary skills by which he dominated the House of Commons.

Pitt's military career was destined to be relatively short.

Pitt's maiden speech in the Commons was delivered in April 1736, in the debate on the congratulatory address to George II on the marriage of his son Frederick, Prince of Wales.

The loss of Pitt's commission was soon compensated to him.

In response to Pitt's attacks, the British government decided not pay a direct subsidy to Hanover, but instead to pass the money indirectly through Austria-a move which was considered more politically acceptable.

The administration formed by the Pelhams in 1744, after the dismissal of Carteret, included many of Pitt's former Patriot allies, but Pitt was not granted a position because of continued ill-feeling by the King and leading Whigs about his views on Hanover.

However, Pitt's pleasure over this was tempered by the subsequent news of a significant British defeat at Battle of Carillon.

The scheme of amphibious raids was the only one of Pitt's policies during the war that was broadly a failure, although it did help briefly relieve pressure on the German front by trying down French troops on coastal protection service.

Pitt's war around the world was largely successful.

Pitt's power had now reached its peak, but was soon under threat.

But Pitt's relation to all three was such as to entitle him to a large share in the credit of their deeds.

Pitt's particular genius was to finance an army on the continent to drain French men and resources so that Britain might concentrate on what he held to be the vital spheres: Canada and the West Indies ; whilst Clive successfully defeated Siraj Ud Daulah, ( the last independent Nawab of Bengal ) at Plassey ( 1757 ), securing India.

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