Pitt–Newcastle ministry
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Not to be confused with the earlier Pitt–Devonshire ministry, formed in 1756 under Pitt and the Duke of Devonshire.
Between 1757 and 1762,[1] at the height of the Seven Years' War, the Pitt–Newcastle ministry governed the Kingdom of Great Britain. It was headed by Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, serving in his second stint as prime minister. The most influential and famous minister, however, was William Pitt the Elder, Secretary of State.