The Young Mr. Pitt the United States with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in the leads. In 1770, William Pitt the Elder gives a speech in Parliament decrying the unfair treatment of the colonists in the American colonies, then advises his second son, a youngster also named William Pitt, to avoid seeking fame through war. Years later, King George the Third is delighted that the ministry of Charles James Fox and Lord North has fallen. However, there is no obvious replacement. To everyone's surprise, the King selects William Pitt to become the youngest Prime Minister that the United Kingdom has ever known at the
William Pitt (1803 ship) and arrived at the Downs on 14 September. Butler sailed "William Pitt" from Torbay on 25 March 1813, bound for Batavia. She was homeward bound when she was lost in a gale while east of Algoa Bay at about midnight on 16 December 1814; there were no survivors. The EIC valued its loss on her cargo at £4502. Citations References William Pitt (1803 ship) William Pitt was a three-decker sailing ship, built in Liverpool in 1803. She made three complete voyages for the British East India Company (EIC), and on the first of these she transported convicts to New South