I assumed this was a pun, port being a wine as well as Dover etc, but it seems Pitt actually was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and actively involved in raisi

I assumed this was a pun, port being a wine as well as Dover etc, but it seems Pitt actually was Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports, and actively involved in raising volunteers, at the time that newspaper article was written: http://www.geocities.ws/cinqueportsvolunteers/HISTORY.htm#The%20Cinque%20Ports%20Volunteers,%201803-9 http://www.geocities.ws/cinqueportsvolunteers/HISTORY.htm#Th...