It is important to understand and appreciate what drives men to do great things and to see how everything those men did affects us now. One such man, William Pitt, was a man that went beyond what was considered proper. He achieved a great victory for the British in the French and Indian War, among many other great feats. Although nothing he did was perfect in any way, everything he accomplished had a tremendous impact on both a new America and an old Britain.
William Pitt was born in St. James Parish, London, England on November 15, 1708. His mother and father, Harriet and Robert Pitt, had six other children, five daughters and another son. He grew up in a family that was wealthy and held great stature in society and government. His father was a member of Parliament, and Thomas Pitt, William's grandfather, was one of the richest men in England. .
The first site of William's education was Eton Public School, also known as the King's College of Our Lady of Eton Beside Windsor. He attended there from 1721-1726, and then was sent to Trinity College, the University of Utrecht in Holland, and Oxford for further education. At Oxford, he studied for close to ten years but left the college without a degree because he was both disinterested and suffering from ill health. .
In 1731, Pitt joined the British Army as a first step to become a part of the government. Soon after, through his grandfather, William entered Parliament on the eighteenth of February, 1735, at the age of twenty-seven. He showed no agreement to the old traditions of England. His decision to join Parliament gave him little hope for anything. He lacked any form of a solid education or definite profession. He took that seat in Parliament; then in a cruel gesture, the majority party stripped him of his commission. William delivered his maiden speech on the twenty-second of April, 1735. He spoke harshly against the government of the day and King George II himself.
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