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Henry Addington war ein Sohn Anthony Addingtons, Arzt von William Pitt dem Älteren. Wegen der Position seines Vaters war Addington ein Jugendfreund William Pitts des Jüngeren . Addington erhielt seine Ausbildung am Winchester College und am Brasenose College in Oxford und studierte dann Jura am Lincoln’s Inn . 1784 wurde er für den Wahlkreis Devizes ins Unterhaus gewählt und 1789 dessen ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC (30 May 1757 – 15 February 1844) was a British Tory statesman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804. This article includes a list of general references, but it lacks sufficient corresponding inline citations.
Henry Addington (1757-1844) First Viscount Sidmouth from 1805. Home Secretary, 1812-22. Minister without Portfolio, 1822-24. Speaker of the House of Commons, 1789-1801. Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer, 1801-4. Lord President of the Council, 1805, 1806-7 and 1812. Lord Privy Seal, 1806. The son of the Pitt family’s physician, he ...
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.
