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 Viscount Pitt, of Burton Pynsent in the County of Somerset, also in the Peerage of Great Britain.

The first earl's wife, the former Lady Hester Grenville, daughter of the 1st Countess Temple, had earlier been created Baroness Chatham, of Chatham in the County of Kent, also in the Peerage of Great Britain, in 1761, as at that stage her husband had wished to remain a member of the House of Commons.

Their second son was William Pitt the Younger, who became the country's youngest prime minister in 1783, at the age of 24.

Their eldest son, John Pitt, inherited the earldom and viscountcy in 1778 and the barony in 1803. Upon his death in 1835, all three titles became extinct.

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Barons Chatham (1761)

The second creation of this title came in 1761 in favour of Lady Hester Pitt; the first creation was for John Campbell, 2nd Duke of Argyll and hence the Duke of Argyll.

Hester Pitt, 1st Baroness Chatham (1720–1803)
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, 2nd Baron Chatham (1756–1835)

Earls of Chatham (1766)

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (1708–1778)
John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (1756–1835)

Family tree

Family tree of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Buckingham, Marquess of Chandos, Viscount Cobham, Earl Temple, Earl Temple of Stowe, Baron Cobham, Baron Grenville, Baron Lyttelton, Baron Westcote and Temple baronets

Peter Temple

Anthony Temple

John Temple

Baronet, of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, 1611

William Temple
1555–1627

Thomas Temple
1567–1637
1st Baronet, of Stowe

Alexander Temple
1583–1629

Baronet, of Frankley, in the County of Worcester, 1618

John Temple
1600–1677

Peter Temple
1592–1653
2nd Baronet, of Stowe

John Temple
1593–1632

James Temple
1606–1680

Thomas Lyttelton
1593–1650
1st Baronet, of Frankley

Baronet, of Stowe, in the County of Buckingham, 1662

Thomas Temple
1613/14–1674
1st Baronet, of Stowe

Peter Temple
1613–1660

Henry Lyttelton
1624–1693
2nd Baronet, of Frankley

Charles Lyttelton
1628–1716
3rd Baronet, of Frankley

Baronet, of Stowe (1662 creation) extinct, 1674

John Temple
1632–1705

Richard Temple
1634–1697
3rd Baronet, of Stowe

Eleanor Temple
d. 1729
m. Richard Grenville

William Temple
d. 1706

Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple, of Mount Temple in the County of Sligo, 1723

Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent (6th creation), 1714
Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham, of Cobham in the County of Kent (7th creation), 1718

Earl Temple, 1749

Henry Temple
c. 1673–1757
1st Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple

Richard Temple
1675–1749
1st Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham, 4th Baronet Temple, of Stowe

Hester Grenville
c. 1690–1752
1st Countess Temple, 2nd Viscountess Cobham and 2nd Baroness Cobham

Richard Grenville
1678–1727

Christian Temple

Thomas Lyttelton
1686–1751
4th Baronet, of Frankley

William Temple
1694–1760
5th Baronet Temple, of Stowe

Peter Temple
d. 1761
6th Baronet Temple, of Stowe

Barony Cobham (1714 creation) extinct, 1749

Henry, Lord Temple

Richard Temple
1731–1786
7th Baronet Temple, of Stowe

Baron Lyttelton (1st creation), 1756

Baron Westcote, 1776
Baron Lyttelton (2nd creation), 1794

Baronetcy Temple, of Stowe dormant, 1786

Henry Temple
1739–1802
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

William Henry Lyttelton
1724–1808
1st Baron Lyttelton

Marquess of Buckingham, 1784

Baron Grenville, of Wotton under Bernewood in the County of Buckingham, 1790

George Nugent-Temple-Grenville
1753–1813
1st Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Temple, 2nd Earl Nugent, 4th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham

William Wyndham Grenville
1759–1834
1st Baron Grenville

William Pitt the Younger
1759–1806

Thomas Lyttelton
1744–1779
2nd Baron Lyttelton, 5th Baronet, of Frankley

Barony Grenville extinct, 1834

Barony Lyttelton and Baronetcy, of Frankley extinct, 1779

Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos and Earl Temple of Stowe, 1822

Henry John Temple
1784–1865
3rd Viscount Palmerston and Baron Temple

Richard Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
1776–1839
1st Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 2nd Marquess of Buckingham, 3rd Earl Nugent, 4th Earl Temple, 5th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham

George Fulke Lyttelton
1763–1828
2nd Baron Lyttelton

William Henry Lyttelton
1782–1837
3rd Baron Lyttelton

Richard Plantagenet Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
1797–1861
2nd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 3rd Marquess of Buckingham, 4th Earl Nugent, 6th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham

Richard Plantagenet Campbell Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville
1823–1889
3rd Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquess of Chandos, and Earl Temple of Stowe, 4th Marquess of Buckingham, 5th Earl Nugent, 6th Earl Temple, 7th Viscount Cobham and Baron Cobham

Anna Eliza Mary (Temple-Nugent-Brydges-Chandos-Grenville) Gore-Langton
1820–1879

William Henry Powell Gore-Langton
1824–1873

George William Lyttelton
1817–1876
4th Baron Lyttelton

Dukedom of Buckingham and Chandos, Marquessates of Buckingham and Chandos, and the Earldoms of Temple (1st creation) and of Nugent extinct, 1889