pitt
pitt — biographical name
1. the surname Pitt when it points to William Pitt (1708 to 1778), later made the f
the surname Pitt when it points to William Pitt (1708 to 1778), later made the first Earl of Chatham, a British politician who led wartime ministries during the mid-1700s and was popularly called the Elder Pitt to mark him off from his son.
Our history teacher described Pitt the Elder as the architect of British victory in the Seven Years' War.
name pattern: Pitt the Elder
Maya's essay argued that Pitt the Elder pushed Britain into the Seven Years' War against France.
topic phrasing: an essay arguing about Pitt the Elder
After 1766, William Pitt the Elder took the title Earl of Chatham and moved to the House of Lords.
A portrait in the National Gallery shows the Elder Pitt defending the American colonies in a 1766 Commons speech.
Carlos borrowed a biography that praised Pitt the Elder for capturing Quebec from the French in 1759.
- William Pitt the Elder
the full disambiguating form most common in textbooks
- Earl of Chatham
the title he took in 1766; common in formal historical writing
- the Great Commoner
a popular nickname from his earlier years in the House of Commons
文法句型
William Pitt the Elder
(the) Earl of Chatham
Pitt the Elder
用法筆記
Almost always written with a tag that pins down the person, since two famous Pitts share the same surname. The common forms are 'William Pitt the Elder', 'Pitt the Elder', and after 1766 'the Earl of Chatham'. Distinguish from sense 2, which names his son.
常見錯誤
2. the surname Pitt when it points to William Pitt (1759 to 1806), the son of the E
the surname Pitt when it points to William Pitt (1759 to 1806), the son of the Elder Pitt, who became Britain's youngest prime minister at twenty-four and led the country through most of the wars against revolutionary and Napoleonic France.
King George III asked Pitt the Younger to form a government in Downing Street in late 1783.
biographical fact pattern: King George III asked Pitt the Younger to form a government
Lina's thesis compared Pitt the Younger and Charles James Fox as rival voices on the French Revolution.
topic phrasing: comparing Pitt the Younger and Fox
Pitt the Younger introduced new taxes to pay for the long war with France.
The Younger Pitt introduced an income tax in 1799 to fund the long war against revolutionary France.
Marcus visited a museum in Kent that displays Pitt the Younger's letters about the Act of Union with Ireland.
- William Pitt the Younger
the full disambiguating form used in textbooks and reference works
- Pitt the Younger
the everyday short tag in school history writing
文法句型
William Pitt the Younger
Pitt the Younger
Pitt's government / ministry
用法筆記
Like sense 1, almost always written with a tag (most often 'Pitt the Younger' or 'William Pitt the Younger') because the surname alone is ambiguous. In British political writing, an unqualified 'Pitt's government' usually means the Younger, since his terms were longer and more recent. Distinguish from sense 1, which names his father.