The second son of William Pitt, earl of Chatham (1708-1778); he was Tory prime minister 1783-1801.

REFERENCES TO William Pitt the younger:

Thomas Holcroft to William Godwin, 24 July 1788 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)

Charles Grey to Lady Melbourne, [1793 c.] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

William Roscoe to Lord Lansdown, [December? 1793] in The Life of William Roscoe 2 vols (London: T. Cadell, 1833)

William Godwin, Unpublished letter to The Morning Chronicle [3 March 1794] in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 12 June 1796 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

William Godwin to Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, 5 June 1797 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)

Robert Southey to C. W. W. Wynn, 9 January 1799 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Charles Lamb to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [23 January 1800] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

John Arnot to William Godwin, 16 February 1800 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)

Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning, [1 March 1800] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Charles Lamb to Thomas Manning, [5 April 1800] in The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb. Letters (London: Methuen and Co., 1905)

Robert Southey to Margaret Southey, 23 May 1800 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Sir Robert Adair to Lady Melbourne, 27 September 1802 in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 8 November 1802 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Duchess of Devonshire to Lady Melbourne, [24 November 1802] in In Whig Society 1775-1818: Compiled from the hitherto unpublished Correspondence of Elizabeth, Viscountess Melbourne, and Emily Lamb, Countess Cowper, afterwards Viscountess Palmerston (London: Hodder and Stoughton LTD., 1921)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 25 November 1802 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 7 April 1803 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

James Currie to Thomas Creevey, 1 May 1803 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 20 May 1803 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 21 May 1803 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 24 May 1803 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 21 December 1803 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Charles James Fox to Thomas Creevey, [January? 1804] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Hon. Charles Grey to Charles James Fox, [January? 1804] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 21 January 1804 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 1 May 1804 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 3 May 1804 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 8 May 1804 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 2 June 1804 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 27 June 1804 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 30 July 1804 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

General Sir John Moore to Thomas Creevey, 27 August 1804 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 12 September 1804 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

James Currie to Thomas Creevey, 2 October 1804 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Henry Petty to Thomas Creevey, 23 November 1804 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 13 March 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Samuel Rogers to Henry Mackenzie, 24 March 1805 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889)

Robert Southey to C. W. W. Wynne, 6 April 1805 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 13 April 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 11 May 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to James Currie, 28 July 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Henry Petty to Thomas Creevey, 15 September 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Henry Petty to Thomas Creevey, 24 October 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Eleanor Creevey to Thomas Creevey, 6 November 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Eleanor Creevey to Thomas Creevey, 5 December 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 6 December 1805 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Lord Henry Petty to Thomas Creevey, 29 December 1805 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Lord Henry Petty to Thomas Creevey, January 1806 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 1 January 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Hon. Charles Grey to Thomas Creevey, 13 January 1806 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Walter Scott to George Ellis, 25 January 1806 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

George Ellis to Walter Scott, 6 February 1806 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Capt. Graham Moore to Thomas Creevey, 6 February 1806 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to Nicholas Lightfoot, 8 February 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to John Rickman, 11 February 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Thomas Southey, 15 February 1806 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 21 April 1807 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Walter Scott to George Ellis, 2 November 1808 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Walter Scott to George Ellis, 2 November 1808 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Robert Southey to Richard Duppa, 31 March 1809 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Southey to Samuel Taylor Coleridge, [October?] 1809 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Walter Scott to George Ellis, 3 November 1809 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 23 January 1810 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [May?] 1810 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [May?] 1810 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Francis Hodgson to James Hodgson, 15 June 1810 in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

Sydney Smith to Lord Grey, 29 December 1810 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Francis Hodgson to Lord Byron, [July? 1811] in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [1812] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

John Herman Merivale to Francis Hodgson, [May 1812] in Memoir of Francis Hodgson 2 Vols (London: Macmillan and Co., 1878)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 1 June 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Eleanor Creevey, 17 October 1812 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, [April?] 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 24 November 1814 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

John Whishaw to Thomas Creevey, 10 February 1816 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Walter Scott to J. B. S. Morritt of Rokeby, 30 January 1817 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

Lord Holland to Thomas Creevey, 24 June 1817 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Henry Brougham to Thomas Creevey, 20 November [1819] in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Sydney Smith to Lord Grey, 3 December 1819 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)

Lord Byron to Thomas Moore, 2 January 1820 in Letters and Journals of Lord Byron 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1830)

Robert Southey to Grosvenor C. Bedford, 5 January 1821 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Sir Walter Scott to Lord Montagu of Boughton, 19 January 1821 in Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart. 7 vols (Edinburgh: Robert Cadell, 1837)

John Whishaw to Thomas Smith, 20 January 1821 in The “Pope” of Holland House: Selections from the Correspondence of John Whishaw and his Friends 1813-1840 (London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1906)

William Cobbett to Walter Ramsden Fawkes, 12 November 1822 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Robert Southey to John Jebb, 22 October 1823 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Sharon Turner to John Murray, 30 October 1824 in Memoir of John Murray 2 Vols (London: John Murray, 1891)

Robert Plumer Ward to Peter George Patmore, [1827?] in My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854)

Robert Southey to Walter Savage Landor, 21 February 1827 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Thomas Creevey to the Earl of Sefton, 31 May 1827 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 1 October 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

Thomas Creevey to Elizabeth Ord, 7 October 1828 in The Creevey Papers: A Selection from the Correspondence & Diaries of the late Thomas Creevey, M.P. (London: John Murray, 1903)

John Gibson Lockhart to William Jerdan, [1829?] in The Autobiography of William Jerdan. 4 vols (London: Arthur Hall, Vertue & Co., 1852-53)

Robert Southey to Sir Robert Harry Inglis, 22 February 1829 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850)

Robert Plumer Ward to Peter George Patmore, 19 December 1831 in My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854)

Robert Plumer Ward to Peter George Patmore, 20 December 1831 in My Friends and Acquaintance: being Memorials, Mind-portraits, and Personal Recollections of Deceased Celebrities of the Nineteenth Century; with Selections from their Unpublished Letters 3 vols (London: Saunders and Otley, 1854)

Sydney Smith to Mary Berry, 28 January 1843 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)