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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 ...
15 de may. de 2024 · Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1801 to 1804. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth Q312577)
Addington was invariably re-elected unanimously to the Chair, and to his expense-free seat for Devizes on the interest of his brother-in-law James Sutton, though had an opening occurred for Oxford University, he was expected to be the strongest contender.2 A modest politician, he resisted an opportunity to step into Henry Dundas’s shoes as Home secretary in 1793.3
Fact file. Born London, 30 May, 1757, died Richmond (Surrey, England) 15 February, 1844. MP for Devizes 1784-1805. Created Viscount Sidmouth in 1805. Speaker in the House of Commons 1789-1801. Prime Minister and Chancellor of the Exchequer 1801-04. Lord President of the Council 1805.
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, 1er vicomte Sidmouth, membre du conseil privé, né le 30 mai 1757 à Holborn ( Londres ), mort le 15 février 1844 à Richmond Park ( Surrey ), est un homme d'État britannique. Il est Premier ministre du 17 mars 1801 au 10 mai 1804 .
Raised to the peerage and made Viscount Sidmouth in 1805, Lord Henry Addington continued his career as President of the Council in 1805 and again in 1806-1807. He is also Lord Privy Seal in 1806 and Home Secretary from 1812 to 1822 in the cabinet of Lord Liverpool.
