When William Pitt the Elder became severely ill in 1766, it was this man who assumed effective control of the administration.
When William Pitt the Elder became severely ill in 1766, it was this man who assumed effective control of the administration. He died himself in 1767 amidst criticism of his last official act, which he estimated would produce an insignificant forty thousand pounds for the British treasury, but which shrewder observers prophesied would lead to the loss of the American Colonies. For ten points name this Chancellor of the Exchequer who put forth a series of four acts in 1767 which imposed revenue duties on items necessary to the colonists, including tea.
When William Pitt the Elder became severely ill in 1766, it was this man who assumed effective control of the administration.
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