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Death of Pitt five weeks after the collapse
- When
- 11 May 1778
- Where
- Hayes, Pitt's home
Pitt did not die immediately; he was moved to his home at Hayes and died on 11 May 1778, roughly five weeks after his collapse in the Lords.
After the collapse, Pitt was moved to his home at Hayes, where his middle son William read to him Homer's passage about the death of Hector. He died on 11 May 1778, about five weeks after his last appearance in the House of Lords on 7 April 1778.
Sources
- William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-22
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