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8 de abr. de 2024 · Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (born May 30, 1757, London—died Feb. 15, 1844, Richmond, Surrey, Eng.) was a British prime minister from March 1801 to May 1804. Honest but unimaginative and inflexibly conservative, he proved unable to cope with the problems of the Napoleonic Wars, and later, in his decade as home secretary ...
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Henry Addington, 1º Visconde Sidmouth, PC (30 de maio de 1757 – 15 de fevereiro de 1844) foi um político britânico, primeiro-ministro do Reino Unido de 1801 a 1804. [1] Vida. Foi eleito para a Câmara dos Comuns em 1784 como membro do Parlamento (MP) por Devizes, [1] e depois tornou-se Orador da Casa dos Comuns em 1789.
- Pursuing Peace
- Repressive and Reactionary?
- A Significant Legacy
When Pitt resigned as Prime Minister in 1801 over the issue of Catholic Emancipation, both Pitt and George III identified Addington as the obvious successor. In office he declared the pursuit of peace as his government’s priority, not least on the grounds that further military conflict was financially unaffordable, and his government negotiated the...
Addington, now Viscount Sidmouth, briefly returned to government as Lord President of the Council in Pitt’s second administration, and then served in William Grenville’s ministry. His resignation in 1807 left him out of office until in 1812, when Lord Liverpool asked him to become Home Secretary. He continued in this office throughout the years of ...
The growing prominence and influence of George Canning, often presented as the embodiment of a new liberal Toryism, was one factor in his retirement from politics in 1824, two years after he ceased to be Home Secretary and 20 years before his death on 15 February 1844. However, not only was Addington’s contribution to British politics more substant...
29 de dez. de 2017 · Learn about the life and career of Henry Addington, the Tory Prime Minister who served from 1801 to 1804 and the reactionary Home Secretary who followed him. Find out his dates in office, political party, major acts, and interesting facts.
11 de jun. de 2018 · Addington, Henry, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844). Prime minister. During a long political career Addington suffered from the denigration of foes and the condescension of friends, yet he had remarkable powers of survival. The son of a country doctor, he was educated at Winchester and Oxford.
4 de mai. de 2021 · A brief biography of Henry Addington, who served as both Speaker and Prime Minister of the UK from 1794 to 1801. Learn how he rose from a middle-class background to become a leading figure in British politics, and how he used the Speaker's House at Westminster to advance his career and reputation.
Learn about Henry Addington, former Prime Minister of the United from 1801 - 1804, who is remembered as an interlude in Pitt’s long tenure.
