Pitt facts

• Became PM December 1783 at the age of 24
• more of an administrator than a politician
• skilled orator
• had a reputation of aloofness and inaccessibility
• attended Cambridge university at 14
• named the ‘mince-pie administration’ because people believed he would not last till Christmas
• Gained political knowledhe in Cambridge and entered as an MP for Appleby in 1780
• Well trained from his father William Pitt
• Ability for financial skills and administration