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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.
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.
1.7 William Pitt the Elder. 1.8 Duke of Grafton. 1.9 Lord North. 1.10 Earl of Shelburne. ... 2.11 Lord Palmerston. 2.12 Benjamin Disraeli. 2.13 William Gladstone. 3 ...
2nd Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple: Richard Grenville-Temple 1711–1779 2nd Earl Temple, 3rd Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham: George Grenville 1712–1770: Hester Grenville 1720–1803 Baroness Chatham m. William Pitt the Elder, Earl of Chatham and Viscount Pitt: George Lyttelton 1709–1773 1st Baron Lyttelton, 5th Baronet, of Frankley
4 William Pitt the Elder. 5 Duke of Grafton. 6 Duke of Portland. ... 14 Lord Palmerston. 15 William Gladstone. 16 Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery.
General John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, also 2nd Viscount Pitt and 2nd Baron Chatham, KG, PC (9 October 1756 – 24 September 1835) was a British soldier and politician. He spent a lengthy period in the cabinet but is best known for commanding the disastrous Walcheren Campaign of 1809.