John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham

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John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (9 October 1756 - 24 September 1835) was the eldest son of William Pitt the Elder and an elder brother of William Pitt the Younger. He served in various capacities in the Tory cabinets of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He was Governor of Gibraltar between the years of 1820 and 1835.

He married The Hon. Mary Townshend, daughter of the 1st Baron Sydney, on 10 July 1783.

[edit] Titles from birth to death

• Mr. John Pitt (1756-1761)
• The Hon. John Pitt (1761-1766)
• Viscount Pitt (1766-1778)
• The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Chatham (1778-1789)
• The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Chatham, PC (1789-1790)
• The Rt. Hon. The Earl of Chatham, KG, PC (1790-1835)

Political offices
Preceded by: The Viscount Howe	First Lord of the Admiralty 1788–1794	Succeeded by: The Earl Spencer
Preceded by: The Earl Spencer	Lord Privy Seal 1794–1798	Succeeded by: The Earl of Westmorland
Preceded by: The Earl of Mansfield	Lord President of the Council 1796–1801	Succeeded by: The Duke of Portland
Military Offices
Preceded by: The Marquess Cornwallis	Master-General of the Ordnance 1801–1806	Succeeded by: The Earl of Moira
Preceded by: The Earl of Moira	Master-General of the Ordnance 1807–1810	Succeeded by: The Lord Mulgrave
Peerage of Great Britain
Preceded by: William Pitt	Earl of Chatham 1778–1835	Succeeded by: Extinct
Preceded by: Hester Pitt	Baron Chatham 1803–1835