Between 1757 and 1762,[httpsbooksgooglecombooksideE0BDgAAQBAJpgPA11_11]_[[File:Closed_Access_logo_transparent.svg|9px|link=Paywall|closed_access_publication_–_behind_paywall|alt=closed_access]]_1-0" class="reference"> 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.