The Death of the Earl of Chatham The Death of the Earl of Chatham The Death of the Earl of Chatham is the title of a 1781 oil-on-canvas painting by Boston-born American artist John Singleton Copley. It depicts the collapse of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham on 7 April 1778, during a debate in the House of Lords on the American War of Independence. Chatham is surrounded by peers of the realm, and the painting contains fifty-five portraits. Lord Chatham was the architect of the British victory in the Seven Years' War (1757–1763), in which Britain won supremacy in America. Although sympathetic to American grievances and
Earl of Mornington (1766 ship) She was surveyed in 1802, possibly in Britain. Her second voyage had her sailing from Madras on 24 January 1803, reaching St Helena on 14 April, and arriving at the Downs on 28 June. Ferguson received a letter of marque on 15 October 1803. Her third voyage had "Earl of Mornington" sailing on 6 November 1803 for Madras, arriving on 16 May 1805. Notes Citations References Earl of Mornington (1766 ship) Earl of Mornington (or "Earl Mornington"), was a merchant vessel of 500 tons burthen (bm) built at Bombay Dockyard of teak and launched in 1766 or 1768. She made