of finance. The commercial prosperity that was produced by his war policy was in a great part delusive, as prosperity so produced must always be, though it had permanent effects of the highest moment in the rise of such centres of industry as Glasgow. This, however, was a remote result which he could have neither intended nor foreseen. It has been suggested that Pitt was in fact a far more orthodox Whig than has been historically portrayed demonstrated by his sitting for rotten borough seats controlled by aristocratic magnates, and his lifelong concern for protecting the balance of power on the European continent, which marked him out from many other Patriots. Historians have described Pitt as "the greatest British statesman of the eighteenth century". He is immortalised in St Stephen's Hall, where he and other notable Parliamentarians look on at visitors to Parliament. The American city of Pittsburgh, originally Fort Duquesne, was renamed for Pitt after it was captured from the French during the Seven Years' War. Family and personal life Pitt married Lady Hester Grenville (1720–1803), daughter of the 1st Countess Temple, on 16 November 1754 by Francis Ayscough under special licence at her home in Argyle Street, London. They had five children, born at Hayes: Lady Hester Pitt (19 October 175520 July 1780), who married Viscount Mahon, later the 3rd Earl Stanhope, on 19 December 1774; three children, including the traveler and Arabist Lady Hester Stanhope John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham (1756–1835), who married The Hon. Mary Townshend; no issue Lady Harriet Pitt (18 April 1758 – 1786), who married The Hon. Edward James Eliot, oldest son of the 1st Baron Eliot, in 1785; one child Hon. William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806), who also served as Prime Minister; never married Hon. James Charles Pitt (24 April 176113 November 1780), Royal Navy officer who died in Antigua; never married Cultural references There have been at least two Royal Navy ships that bore the name HMS Pitt. Places named after William Pitt United States Chatham Strait, Alaska Chatham, Virginia Chatham, New Hampshire Chatham, New Jersey Chatham County, Georgia Chatham Square, Savannah, Georgia Pitt County, North Carolina Chatham County, North Carolina Pittsburg, New Hampshire Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (renamed, previously called Fort Duquesne). After British General John Forbes occupied Fort Duquesne during the French and Indian War, he ordered the site's reconstruction and named it after