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unusual facts about Prime Minister of Great Britain



Pittsylvania County, Virginia

It was named for William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1766 to 1768 and opposed harsh colonial policies.

The Curious Incident of the WMD in Iraq

It is a fictional autobiography of then British Prime Minister Tony Blair, parodying the style of Mark Haddon's novel The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.


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Arabella Denny

A nephew of Arabella Denny was William Petty, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain.

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole

Horatio Walpole, 1st Baron Walpole, PC (8 December 1678 – 5 February 1757), English diplomatist, was a son of Robert Walpole of Houghton, Norfolk, and a younger brother of the Prime Minister of Great Britain Sir Robert Walpole.

John Petty

John Petty, 2nd Marquess of Lansdowne (1765–1809), son of former Prime Minister of Great Britain, William Petty, 1st Marquess of Lansdowne

John Petty, 1st Earl of Shelburne (1706–1761), politician, father to former Prime Minister of Great Britain, William Petty, 2nd Earl of Shelburne

Portland Bay

The bay was named after the Duke of Portland, a Secretary of State and later Prime Minister of Great Britain, by Lieutenant James Grant sailing on the Lady Nelson, on 7 December 1800.

William Pitt

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778), Prime Minister of Great Britain 1766–1768; often known as William Pitt the Elder