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Maiden Speech

Great Britain · Government / Whig Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1736Date range
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Chronological records

1736

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1stApril 1736

Government / Whig Party Government

Pitt delivers his maiden speech in the Commons on the congratulatory address to George II on the marriage of his son Frederick, Prince of Wales. Pitt pays his compliments

Names involved

William Pitt the Elder Chatham, 1st

Provenance

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