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Addington ministry. Henry Addington, a member of the Tories, was appointed by King George III to lead the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1804 and served as an interlude between the Pitt ministries. Addington's ministry is most notable for negotiating the Treaty of Amiens, which marked a brief ...
Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844) Born: 30th May 1757 at Bedford Row, Holborn, Middlesex. Speaker of the House of Commons. Prime Minister. Viscount Sidmouth. Died: 15th February 1844 at White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey. Henry Addington was the son of the Earl of Chatham's celebrated doctor, Anthony Addington, by Mary daughter and heiress of Rev ...
Henry Addington was born in London on May 30, 1757, the son of a prominent physician, Dr. Anthony Addington. He received his education at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he studied law. After completing his studies, Addington was admitted to the bar in 1784, and he soon established a successful legal practice.
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, 1. wicehrabia Sidmouth (ur. 30 maja 1757 w Londynie, zm. 15 lutego 1844 w Richmond, Surrey) – brytyjski polityk, członek stronnictwa torysów, od 1784 r. członek Izby Gmin, a od 1805 r. Izby Lordów, w latach 1789–1801 speaker Izby Gmin, premier w latach 1801–1804.
2. Henry Addington was forced from office in favour of William Pitt the Younger, who had preceded Addington as Prime Minister. 3. Henry Addington is known for his reactionary crackdown on advocates of democratic reforms during a ten-year spell as Home Secretary from 1812 to 1822. 4.
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), Prime Minister. Regency Portraits Catalogue Entry. Sitter associated with 78 portraits Addington was invited to be Prime Minister in 1801, when William Pitt resigned after the King refused to grant Catholic MPs the right to sit in Parliament.
