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==Cultural references== [[File:Sir Thomas Lawrence (1769-1830) - William Pitt (1759-1806) - RCIN 400645 - Royal Collection.jpg|thumb|''[[Portrait of William Pitt (Lawrence)|Portrait of William Pitt]]'' by [[Thomas Lawrence]], 1807]] ===Film and television=== William Pitt is depicted in several films and television programs. *[[Robert Donat]] portrays Pitt in the 1942 [[biopic]] ''[[The Young Mr. Pitt]]'', which chronicles the historical events of Pitt's life. *Pitt's attempts during his tenure as prime minister to cope with the dementia of King George III are portrayed by [[Julian Wadham]] in the 1994 film ''[[The Madness of King George]]''. *The 2006 film ''[[Amazing Grace (2006 film)|Amazing Grace]]'', with [[Benedict Cumberbatch]] in the role of Pitt, depicts his close friendship with [[William Wilberforce]], the leading abolitionist in Parliament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/the_film.php |title=Amazing Grace (movie) |publisher=Amazinggracemovie.com |date=23 February 2007 |access-date=11 October 2010 |archive-date=27 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181127030454/http://www.amazinggracemovie.com/the_film.php |url-status=dead }}</ref> *Pitt is caricatured as a boy prime minister in the [[Blackadder the Third|third series]] of the television comedy ''[[Blackadder]]'', in which Simon Osborne plays a fictionalised Pitt as a petulant teenager who has just come to power "right in the middle of [his] exams" in the episode "Dish and Dishonesty". A fictionalised younger brother, "Pitt the Even Younger", appeared as a candidate standing in the Dunny-on-the-Wold by-election. *In the series of prime ministerial biographies ''Number 10'', produced by [[Yorkshire Television]], Pitt was portrayed by [[Jeremy Brett]]. <!-- Only Film and TV that depicts Pitt, please. Not mentions of him. --> ===Places named after him=== * The [[Pitt Club|University Pitt Club]], a club for students at the [[University of Cambridge]], was founded in 1835 "to do honour to the name and memory of Mr William Pitt".{{sfn|Fletcher|2011|p=1}}<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hogan |first=Aoife |date=10 November 2017 |url=https://www.varsity.co.uk/news/14047 |title=Pitt Club vote to allow female members |website=Varsity}}</ref> * [[Pittwater]] in [[Australia]] was named in 1788 by British explorer [[Arthur Phillip]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pittwater.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/Pittwaters_past/pittwater |access-date=11 October 2010 |title=Pittwater's past |publisher=Pittwater Library |website=Pittwater.nsw.gov.au |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621211405/http://www.pittwater.nsw.gov.au/library/local_history/Pittwaters_past/pittwater |archive-date=21 June 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref> * [[Pitt Street]] is the main financial precinct street in the [[Sydney central business district|central business district]] of [[Sydney]]. * [[Pitt Town]] near Windsor outside of Sydney, together with another township called Wilberforce * Mount Pitt, second-highest mountain on [[Norfolk Island]] * Pitt Water, a body of water in South East [[Tasmania]] * [[Pitt's Head]] in [[Snowdonia]] National Park in [[Wales]] was named after the rock formation's resemblance to the Prime Minister. * While [[Chatham County, North Carolina]] was named after his father, [[Pittsboro, North Carolina]] was named after Pitt the Younger. * In [[Penang]], [[Malaysia]], Pitt Street and Pitt Lane were named for him, as British prime minister when [[George Town, Penang|George Town]] was founded in 1786. * In [[Hong Kong]], a street on [[Kowloon]] side, Pitt Street, is named after him. <!-- Pittsburgh, PA, was named after his father, and should not be listed here. --> * [[Pittsburgh, Kingston|Pittsburgh, Ontario]] * [[Pitt Street]] in [[Glasgow]] is named after William Pitt the Younger. * Pitt Street in [[Windsor, Ontario]] * Pitt Street in [[Kingston, Ontario]] * Pitt Street in [[Cornwall, Ontario]] * Rue Pitt, [[Montreal]] Quebec * Chemin Pitt, [[Montreal]] Quebec * Pitt Street, [[Sydney Mines]], Nova Scotia * Pitt Street, [[Saint John, New Brunswick]] * Pitt House, [[Wycombe Abbey School|High Wycombe]] Buckinghamshire * Pitt's Cottage [[Westerham, Kent]], former home of Pitt the Younger and more recently a local curry house (now closed) * The [[Pitt River]], in British Columbia, Canada * William Pitt Avenue, Deal, Kent * Pitt Street in [[Southport, England]] *Pitt Street in [[Auckland, New Zealand]] Note, [[Pittsburgh]], [[Pennsylvania]] was named for his father, [[William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=The Pittsburgh 'H' |website=Visit Pittsburgh |url=https://www.visitpittsburgh.com/things-to-do/arts-culture/history/the-pittsburgh-h/ |access-date=2021-01-26}}</ref>
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