Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British noble
Date of Birth: 08-Nov-1720
Place of Birth: London
Date of Death: 09-Apr-1803
Profession: politician
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio 
About Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham
- Hester Pitt, Countess of Chatham (née Grenville; 8 November 1720 – 9 April 1803) was the wife of William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham, who was Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768.The sister of George Grenville, who was Prime Minister from 1763 to 1765, she was also the mother of Prime Minister William Pitt the Younger and a niece of the noted Whig politician Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, who had served as her husband's mentor. Chatham and Elizabeth Grenville, her sister-in-law, are the only two women in British history to have been both the wife of a Prime Minister and the mother of a Prime Minister.
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William Hoare
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| Alternative names | William Hoare of Bath | ||
| Description | English portrait painter and printmaker | ||
| Date of birth/death | circa 1707 | 12 December 1792 | |
| Location of birth/death | Suffolk | Bath | |
| Work location | London (1752); London (1720–1728); Rome (1728–1737); Bath (1739–1792) | ||
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