Chatham ministry Chatham ministry The Chatham ministry was a British government led by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham that ruled between 1766 and 1768. Because of Pitt's former prominence before his title, it is sometimes referred to as the Pitt ministry. Unusually for a politician considered to be Prime Minister, Pitt was not First Lord of the Treasury during the administration, but instead held the post of Lord Privy Seal. Pitt, who moved to the Lords as Earl of Chatham upon his accession to the ministry, was determined to form a ministry of "men, not measures," that would give office to
John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde not assume the honours. He married Bridget Stacey in 1763 but had no children; she remarried Allen Walter. Butler dynasty John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde John Butler, 15th Earl of Ormonde and 8th Earl of Ossory ("de jure") was born before 1744 and died on 24 June 1766. He was the son of Thomas Butler of Garryricken and Lady Margaret Burke who was the daughter of William Burke, 7th Earl of Clanricarde. Upon the death of Charles Butler (14th Earl of Ormonde), his only surviving sister, Lady Elizabeth Butler inherited her brother's estate in 1760. Lady Elizabeth was the