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The Chatham ministry was a British government led by William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham that ruled between 1766 and 1768. Because of Pitt's former prominence before his title, it is sometimes referred
William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, was prime minister and led the ministry,
The Duke of Grafton served as First Lord of the Treasury and succeeded Chatham as Prime Minister in 1768.
Anglo-Irish politician and future Prime Minister Lord Shelburne, a close ally of Chatham, served as Southern Secretary.
Wills Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire,, known as the 2nd Viscount Hillsborough from 1742 to 1751 and as the 1st Earl of Hillsborough from 1751 to 1789, was a British politician of the Georgian era.
Portrait by Pompeo Batoni, 1766
Wax profile portrait of Lord Hillsborough by 'Lewis'.
Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford by Nathaniel Dance,