John Pitt 2nd Earl Chatham 1756-1835

On 16th November 1754 [his father] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham [aged 46] and [his mother] Hester Granville Countess Chatham [aged 34] were married. She the daughter of [his grandfather] Richard Granville.

On 9th October 1756 John Pitt 2nd Earl Chatham was born to William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham [aged 47] and Hester Granville Countess Chatham [aged 35].

On 8th January 1765 William Pynsent 2nd Baronet [aged 86] died having outlived his three daughters and his son, none of whom had issue. Baronet Pynsent of Erthfont extinct. He left his estate to [his father] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham [aged 56] who was no relation and who he had never met. Pitt erected the Burton Pynsent Monument nearby at a cost of £2,000.

On 4th August 1766 [his father] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham [aged 57] was created 1st Earl Chatham. [his mother] Hester Granville Countess Chatham [aged 45] by marriage Countess Chatham.

On 11th May 1778 [his father] William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham [aged 69] died. His son John [aged 21] succeeded 2nd Earl Chatham. He was initally bured at Hayes. After an address by the Commons to the king praying that the deceased statesman might be buried with the honours of a public funeral a sum was voted for a public monument which was erected over a new grave in Westminster Abbey. The monument, by the sculptor John Bacon, has a figure of Pitt above statues of Britannia and Neptune with figures representing Prudence, Fortitude, the Earth and also a sea creature. See Photograph by John Benjamin Stone

On 10th July 1783 John Pitt 2nd Earl Chatham [aged 26] and Mary Elizabeth Townshend Countess Chatham were married. She by marriage Countess Chatham. He the son of William "The Elder" Pitt 1st Earl Chatham and Hester Granville Countess Chatham [aged 62]. They were half fifth cousin once removed.

On 24th May 1795 Charles Scott 4th Duke Buccleuch 6th Duke Queensberry [aged 23] and [his sister-in-law] Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury [aged 21] were married. He the son of Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch [aged 48] and Elizabeth Montagu Duchess Buccleuch [aged 51]. They were second cousins. He a great x 4 grandson of King Charles II of England Scotland and Ireland.

On 9th April 1803 [his mother] Hester Granville Countess Chatham [aged 82] died. Her son John [aged 46] succeeded 2nd Baron Chatham of Chatham in Kent.

On 11th January 1812 Henry Scott 3rd Duke Buccleuch [aged 65] died. His son Charles [aged 39] succeeded 4th Duke Buccleuch, 6th Duke Queensberry, 4th Earl Doncaster, 4th Baron Scott of Tynedale. [his sister-in-law] Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury [aged 38] by marriage Duchess Buccleuch.

On 24th August 1814 [his sister-in-law] Harriet Katherine Townshend Duchess Buccleuch Duchess Queensbury [aged 40] died.

On 21st May 1821 [his wife] Mary Elizabeth Townshend Countess Chatham died.

On 24th September 1835 John Pitt 2nd Earl Chatham [aged 78] died. Earl Chatham, Baron Chatham of Chatham in Kent extinct.