article_snippet: It is said to be where Mr Pitt and Mr Pitt friend and fellow politician, William Wilberforce, sat together under a large oak tree in the grounds and discussed the abolition of slavery.
article_snippet: On 12 May 1787, Mr Wilberforce wrote in Mr Wilberforce diary: 'At length I remember after a conversation with Mr Pitt in the open air at the root of an old tree at Holwood just above the steep descent into the vale of Keston, we resolved to give notice on a first occasion in the House of Commons of my intention to bring forward the abolition of slavery.' a large oak tree in the grounds became known as the 'Wilberforce oak' which stood for many centuries before a large oak tree in the grounds perished during the Second World War.
article_snippet: The story goes that Mr Pitt (left) and Mr Pitt friend and fellow politician, William Wilberforce (right), sat together under a large oak tree in the grounds and discussed the abolition of slavery .
article_snippet: The tree under which the pivotal conversation took place,  became known as the 'Wilberforce oak' which stood for many centuries before Wilberforce perished during the Second World War .
highlights_snippet: Pitt the Younger and William Wilberforce sat under an oak tree in the grounds and discussed the abolition of slavery .