First Pitt ministry

First Pitt ministry
First Pitt ministry
1783–1801
	Pitt by Thomas Gainsborough
Date formed	19 December 1783
Date dissolved	14 March 1801
People and organisations
Monarch	George III
Prime Minister	William Pitt the Younger
Total no. of members	38 appointments
Member parties	Tory Party; Whig Party (1794–1801);
Status in legislature	Minority (1783–1784); Majority (1784–1794); Majority (coalition) (1794–1801);
Opposition party	Whig Party (1783–1794); Foxites (1794–1801);
Opposition leaders	Charles James Fox; George Tierney (1797–1801);
History
Election(s)	1784 general election; 1790 general election; 1796 general election;
Outgoing election	1801 co-option
Legislature term(s)	15th GB Parliament; lost a vote of confidence; 16th GB Parliament; 17th GB Parliament; 18th GB Parliament; 1st UK Parliament;
Predecessor	Fox–North coalition
Successor	Addington ministry

William Pitt the Younger led the government of the Kingdom of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801.

In 1800, the Acts of Union between Great Britain and Ireland were accepted by their respective parliaments, creating the new United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (UK), which would be governed by the former Parliament of Great Britain (now the UK Parliament). Pitt governed this new state for the first month of its existence, until differences with King George III over Catholic emancipation caused him to resign.

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