First Pitt ministry
William Pitt the Younger led the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801.In 1800, the Acts of Union between Great Britain and Ireland were accepted by their respective parliaments, creating the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK), which would be governed by the former Parliament of Great Britain (now the UK Parliament).Pitt governed this new state for the first month of its existence, until differences with King George III over Catholic emancipation caused him to resign.
Pitt ministry1783–1801Thomas GainsboroughGeorge IIIWilliam Pitt the YoungerTory PartyWhig PartyMinorityMajorityMajority (coalition)FoxitesCharles James FoxGeorge Tierney1784 general election1790 general election1796 general election1801 co-option15th GB Parliamentvote of confidence16th GB Parliament17th GB Parliament18th GB Parliament1st UK ParliamentFox–North coalitionAddington ministryKingdom of Great BritainActs of UnionUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and IrelandParliament of Great BritainUK ParliamentKing George IIICatholic emancipationPortrait of the Duke of LeedsThomas LawrenceForeign SecretaryFirst Lord of the TreasuryChancellor of the ExchequerLord ChancellorThe Lord ThurlowThe Lord LoughboroughIndependentLord President of the CouncilThe Earl GowerThe Earl CamdenThe Earl FitzwilliamThe Earl of MansfieldThe Earl of ChathamLord Privy SealThe Duke of RutlandThe Earl SpencerThe Earl of WestmorlandSecretary of State for Foreign AffairsThe Earl TempleThe Duke of LeedsThe Lord GrenvilleLord HawkesburySecretary of State for WarHenry DundasSecretary at WarWilliam WindhamSecretary of State for the Home DepartmentThe Lord SydneyThe Duke of PortlandFirst Lord of the AdmiraltyThe Viscount HoweThe Earl of St VincentMaster-General of the OrdnanceThe Duke of RichmondThe Marquess CornwallisPresident of the Board of TradeThe Earl of LiverpoolLord Lieutenant of IrelandThe Earl of NorthingtonThe Marquess of BuckinghamLord CamdenLord BuckinghamLord ChathamWilliam GrenvilleLord WestmorlandEarl of LiverpoolLord LoughboroughLord FitzwilliamDuke of PortlandLord SpencerLord MansfieldLord CornwallisCamdenLord St VincentGovernment of Great BritainGovernment of the United KingdomBritish governmentsGreat BritainGodolphin–MarlboroughHarleyTownshendStanhope–Sunderland IStanhope–Sunderland IIWalpole–TownshendWalpoleCarteretBroad Bottom I and IIShort-livedNewcastle IPitt–Devonshire1757 CaretakerPitt–Newcastle (Newcastle II)GrenvilleRockingham IChathamGraftonRockingham IIShelburneFox–North (Portland I)UK (GB and Ire)AddingtonPitt IIAll the TalentsPortland IIPercevalLiverpoolCanningGoderichWellington–PeelMelbourne IWellington CaretakerPeel I