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Boggs claims Pitt the Elder was the greatest prime minister to Barney's Lord Palmerston, causing Barney to punch Boggs in the face, knocking him unconscious. Pitt is briefly derided (but does not appear) in the Blackadder The Third episode "Dish and Dishonesty". Blackadder states that he is "about as effective as a catflap in an elephant house".
Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (20 October 1784 – 18 October 1865), known as Lord Palmerston, was a British statesman and politician who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1855 to 1858 and from 1859 to 1865.
2.11 Lord Palmerston. 2.12 Benjamin Disraeli. ... King Henry the Ninth [4] ... Pitt the Younger, [12] to distinguish him from his father, Pitt the Elder. Three-bottle ...
The latter was the father of Sir William Temple, a diplomat, and Sir John Temple (1632–1704), Speaker of the Irish House of Commons and father of the first Viscount Palmerston. [1] The third Viscount Palmerston married the Honourable Emily Lamb, sister of Prime Minister Lord Melbourne and widow of Peter Clavering-Cowper, 5th Earl Cowper.
William Pitt (the Elder), 1st Earl of Chatham. Earl of Chatham, of Chatham in the County of Kent, was a title in the Peerage of Great Britain.It was created in 1766 for William Pitt the Elder on his appointment as Lord Privy Seal, along with the subsidiary title of Viscount Pitt, of Burton Pynsent in the County of Somerset, also in the Peerage of Great Britain.
July 1788 – Lord Chatham, Pitt's elder brother, succeeds Lord Howe as First Lord of the Admiralty. June 1789 – William Grenville (Lord Grenville from 1790) succeeds Lord Sydney as Home Secretary. October 1789 – Lord Westmorland succeeds Buckingham as Lord Lieutenant of Ireland. June 1791 –
Lord North 2nd Earl of Guilford: 4 August 1790 (after premiership) Yes George Hamilton-Gordon: Lord Haddo 3rd Earl of Aberdeen [3] 13 August 1801 No Henry John Temple: Lord Temple 3rd Viscount Palmerston: 17 April 1802 Yes Charles Grey: Viscount Howick 2nd Earl Grey: 14 November 1807 Yes Robert Jenkinson: Baron Hawkesbury Baron Hawkesbury 2nd ...
William Pitt the Elder: 30 July 1766 4 August 1766 Pitt "kissed hands" as a commoner on 30 July 1766. He chose to become Lord Privy Seal, and was created Earl of Chatham on 4 August 1766. Earl of Chatham: House of Lords: The Earl of Chatham: 4 August 1766 14 October 1768 See previous entry. Duke of Grafton: House of Lords: The Duke of Grafton ...