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
Elections	1784 general election; 1790 general election; 1796 general election;
Outgoing election	1801 co-option
Legislature terms	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

The First Pitt Ministry was the term of office from 1783-1801 during which William Pitt the Younger served as the last prime minister of Great Britain from 1783 until the Acts of Union 1800, and the first official prime minister of the United Kingdom from January 1801 until he left office in March 1801. He was also Chancellor of the Exchequer for all his time as prime minister. His 1783-1801 term is known as the First Pitt Ministry because he would serve again as Prime Minister from 1804 until his death in 1806. He is known as "Pitt the Younger" to distinguish him from his father, William Pitt the Elder, who had also previously served as prime minister from 1766-1768.

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 he resigned due to differences with King George III over Catholic emancipation, which Pitt had come to favor but the King vehemently opposed.