May 06, 2019 · William Pitt Ballinger Ballinger ( Handbook of Texas entry ) was an attorney in Galveston during the Civil War and also served as the Confederate receiver of alien enemy property there. His diary (transcribed version of which is in the Dolph Briscoe Center) contains rich detail about Civil War Houston, and discusses his acquaintance with Robert Mills , Ball, …

William Pitt Ballinger (September 25, 1825 – January 20, 1888) was a respected and influential Texas lawyer and statesman. His behind-the-scenes life had a major impact on the development of Texas realty and railroad law, furthering the Confederacy during the Civil War , the Reconstruction in Texas, the emancipation of black slaves, and the industrialization of the South.

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William Pitt Ballinger achieved prominence as a distinguished Texas lawyer, which earned him the name the "Nestor of the Texas bar." Ballinger was born in 1825 in Barbourville, Kentucky. From 1840 to 1841 Ballinger attended St. Mary's College, then began to study law on his own. His father was clerk of the courts of Knox County and hired the young Ballinger to work as a deputy clerk …

William Pitt the Younger (28 May 1759 – 23 January 1806) was a British Tory statesman of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He was the youngest and last Prime Minister of Great Britain (before the Acts of Union 1800) and then first Prime minister of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ireland) as of January 1801. He left office in March 1801, but served as …

William Pitt Ballinger (25. september 1825 - 20. januar 1888) var en respekteret og indflydelsesrig Texas advokat og statsmand. Hans liv bag kulisserne havde stor indflydelse på udviklingen af Texas realty og jernbanelov, hvilket fremmede konføderationen under borgerkrigen , genopbygningen i Texas, frigørelsen af sorte slaver og industrialiseringen i syd.

William Pitt, 1st Earl of Chatham, PC, FRS (15 November 1708 – 11 May 1778) was a British statesman of the Whig group who served as Prime Minister of Great Britain in the middle of the 18th century. Historians call him Chatham or William Pitt the Elder to distinguish him from his son, William Pitt the Younger, who was also a prime minister.Pitt was also known as the Great …

Apr 14, 2021 · William Pitt Ballinger, attorney, was born at Barbourville, Kentucky, on September 25, 1825, the son of James Franklin and Olivia (Adams) Ballinger. He attended St. Mary's College in Bardstown, Kentucky, moved to Galveston in 1843, and began the study of law with an uncle, James Love. He was admitted to the bar in 1847.