Pitt ministry

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The Pitt ministry was the British government led by Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, noted for its conservative policies and efforts to suppress radical and reformist movements.

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Pitt ministry canonical 2
Pitt the Younger ministry 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf 18th-century government ⓘ
19th-century government ⓘ
British ministry ⓘ
government of the United Kingdom ⓘ
appliesPolicy fiscal and financial reform ⓘ
naval expansion ⓘ
opposition to parliamentary reform ⓘ
repressive legislation against political dissent ⓘ
suppression of radical movements ⓘ
war policy against Revolutionary France ⓘ
country Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland ⓘ
endTime 1801-03-14 ⓘ
1806-01-23 ⓘ
followedBy Addington ministry ⓘ
hasPart First Pitt ministry ⓘ
Second Pitt ministry ⓘ
headOfGovernment William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
implemented Combination Acts ⓘ
Seditious Meetings Act 1795 ⓘ
Sinking Fund for national debt reduction ⓘ
Suspension of Habeas Corpus ⓘ
Treasonable Practices Act 1795 ⓘ
new income tax in 1799 ⓘ
legislativeBody Parliament of Great Britain ⓘ
Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
location London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
monarchDuringGovernment George III ⓘ
namedAfter William Pitt the Younger ⓘ
notableFor centralization of executive power ⓘ
conservative reaction to revolutionary ideas ⓘ
long tenure of William Pitt the Younger as prime minister ⓘ
politicalIdeology Toryism ⓘ
conservatism ⓘ
positionHeldBy Duke of Portland ⓘ
Earl of Liverpool ⓘ
George Canning ⓘ
Henry Dundas ⓘ
Lord Grenville ⓘ
Lord Loughborough ⓘ
Lord Thurlow ⓘ
William Grenville ⓘ
William Wyndham Grenville ⓘ
precededBy Fox–North coalition ⓘ
residence 10 Downing Street ⓘ
significantEvent Act of Union 1800 ⓘ
linked to: Acts of Union 1800

French Revolutionary Wars ⓘ
Outbreak of the Napoleonic Wars ⓘ
linked to: Napoleonic Wars
startTime 1783-12-19 ⓘ

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Corresponding Societies Act 1799 → government → Pitt the Younger ministry ⓘ
linked to: Pitt ministry
Portland Whigs → supportedGovernment → Pitt ministry ⓘ