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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 ...
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 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 ...
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 ...
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. Entering the Commons in 1784 he made little ...
The son of a doctor who had treated both the elder and younger Pitts, Henry Addington studied the law before turning to politics. He came to Brasenose in January 1774 at the age of sixteen, and took his B.A. degree in 1778. He won the Chancellor's English essay prize in 1779 and was admitted to one of the University's Vinerian law scholarships ...
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.
