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Henry Addington was born on 30 May 1757. He was the eldest son and fourth of six children born to Dr Anthony Addington and Mary Hiley. Dr Addington included among his patients George III and Pitt the Younger. It was he who prescribed a bottle of port daily, to cure Pitt's gout. Addington was educated at Winchester school and Brasenose College ...
Henry Addington, primo visconte Sidmouth (Holborn, 30 maggio 1757 – Richmond upon Thames, 15 febbraio 1844), è stato un politico britannico. Ha fatto parte del partito Tory . Indice
Henry Addington was a prominent participant in national affairs from 1789 to 1824 particularly as Prime Minister of the conservative pro-peace and financial retrenchment government of 1801-1804 and as Home Secretary, 1812-1822, in which position he actively enforced the government's policy against political and economic unrest - the repression of the Luddites and the Peterloo Massacre being ...
Henry Addington was an unpopular prime minister and in 1804 large numbers of his own party turned against him and he decided to resign. The following year Addington was granted the title of Lord Sidmouth and agreed to serve as a minister in Pitt's government. However, he only served under William Pitt for six months.
4 de mai. de 2021 · The first of these is Henry Addington, a man at the forefront of British politics for more than thirty years, who holds the unusual distinction of having served as both Speaker and Prime Minister. This achievement was all the more remarkable because, in an age when British politics was dominated by aristocratic families, Addington had risen ...
Addington, who had no ambition for higher office, agreed to become Prime Minister only because his predecessor, William Pitt the Younger, and King George III insisted. He immediately faced the serious and difficult challenge of leading a relatively inexperienced Cabinet to deal with a series of military, diplomatic, economic and social crises caused by war and famine.
Henry Addington byl synem Anthonyho Addingtona, lékaře Williama Pitta staršího, a Mary Addingtonové, dcery Havilanda Johna Hileyho, ředitele školy v Readingu. Z pozice svého otce byl v mládí přítelem Williama Pitta mladšího. Studoval na Winchesterské škole, později na Brasenose College v Oxfordu a nakonec právo na Lincoln's Inn.
