John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, (9 October 1756 – 24 September 1835) was a British soldier and politician. He is best known for commanding the disastrous Walcheren Campaign of 1809. Chatham was the eldest son of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham. He was two and a half years older than his famous brother William Pitt the Younger, the future prime minister. Chatham joined the army as an ensign in the 47th Regiment of Foot on 14 March 1774. He served as aide-de-camp to General Guy Carleton in Quebec, but resigned his
Chatham kaka have been a poor flyer. Chatham kaka The Chatham kaka or Chatham Island kaka ("Nestor chathamensis") is an extinct parrot species previously found on the Chatham Islands, New Zealand. The first individuals were thought to belong to the kaka ("Nestor meridionalis"), but detailed examination of the subfossil bones showed that they actually belong to a separate endemic species. The species became extinct within the first 150 years of the arrival of the Polynesians around 1550, long before any European settlers. No skins or descriptions are available. The Chatham kaka is assigned to the genus "Nestor" in the family Nestoridae, a