List of Political Families in The United Kingdom - Pitts (Earls of Chatham), Grenvilles and Stanhopes

Pitts (Earls of Chatham), Grenvilles and Stanhopes

Three prominent political dynasties of the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries, interrelated through several marriages.

  • Thomas Pitt ("Diamond" Pitt), governor of the British East India Company
    • Robert Pitt, politician, son of Thomas "Diamond" Pitt
      • Thomas Pitt, son of Robert
        • Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford, son of Thomas
          • Thomas Pitt, 2nd Baron Camelford, son of Thomas, 1st Baron
          • William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister; son-in-law of Thomas, 1st Baron
      • William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham ("William Pitt the Elder"), Prime Minister; son of Robert, brother-in-law of Prime Minister George Grenville (see below)
        • John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham, politician, son of William, 1st Earl
        • William Pitt ("William Pitt the Younger), Prime Minister; son of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham
    • Thomas Pitt, 1st Earl of Londonderry, son of Thomas "Diamond" Pitt
    • John Pitt, son of Thomas "Diamond" Pitt
    • James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, son-in-law of Thomas "Diamond" Pitt, married to Lucy Pitt
      • Philip Stanhope, 2nd Earl Stanhope, son of James and Lucy
        • Charles Stanhope, 3rd Earl Stanhope, son of Philip, son-in-law of William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham (by 1st marriage to Hester Pitt), great-nephew-in-law of George Grenville (by 2nd marriage to Louisa Grenville)
          • Philip Henry Stanhope, 4th Earl Stanhope, son of Charles and Lousia by second marriage
            • James Stanhope, 7th Earl Stanhope, descendant of Philip Henry
        • Edward Stanhope, politician, son of Philip
  • Richard Temple, 1st Viscount Cobham, politician
    • Richard Grenville-Temple, 2nd Viscount Cobham, 2nd Earl Temple, nephew of Richard Temple
    • George Grenville, Prime Minister, nephew of Richard Temple
    • Thomas Grenville, nephew of Richard Temple
      • George Nugent-Temple-Grenville, 3rd Viscount Cobham, 1st Marquess of Buckingham, son of George
      • William Wyndham Grenville, 1st Baron Grenville, Prime Minister; son of George; also son-in-law of Thomas Pitt, 1st Baron Camelford
      • Thomas Grenville, politician, son of George

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