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Hace 4 días · Woodbridge, Boydell and Brewer, 2003, ISBN: 1843830418; 232pp.; Price: £50.00. Dr Kevin Linch, review of The Amiens Truce. Britain and Bonaparte, 1801–1803, (review no. 442) This book charts the ‘experimental’ peace between Britain and France in 1801–1803, often regarded as little more than an interlude in the twenty-year struggle ...
Hace 3 días · Addington, Viscout Sidmouth. — The Right Honourable Henry Addington, who was created Viscount Sidmouth in 1805, possesses the manor of Up-Ottery in this county, and occasionally resides in the manorhouse.
Hace 2 días · Henry St. John and the struggle for the leadership of the Tory party, 1702–14. H.T. Dickinson. Newcastle Ph.D. 1968. The political career of Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, 1647–1730. H.G. Horwitz. Oxford D.Phil. 1963. The administration of Daniel Finch, 2nd earl of Nottingham, as secretary of state under Queen Anne, 1702–4. W.A. Aiken.
Hace 3 días · On 14 March 1801, Pitt was formally replaced by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Henry Addington. Addington opposed emancipation, instituted annual accounts, abolished income tax and began a programme of disarmament. In October 1801, he made peace with the French, and in 1802 signed the Treaty of Amiens.
Hace 2 días · St Vincent had thereby made an enemy of Pitt, who used the naval reform and its unpopularity to attack the First Lord and the Addington administration. St Vincent left the office on 14 May 1804 when Addington was replaced as prime minister by Pitt.
Hace 5 días · Among the many well-known residents may be mentioned Sir Roger Newdigate, the antiquary and founder of the Newdigate prize for English verse, Admiral Sir Charles Saunders, Lord Frederick Campbell, Patrick Delaney, D.D., the friend of Sheridan and Swift, George Canning, the 1st Earl of Malmesbury, diarist, and Henry Addington, Lord Sidmouth.
Hace 3 días · There was still no thought of going to war; Prime Minister Henry Addington publicly affirmed that Britain was in a state of peace. [61] In early March 1803, the Addington ministry received word that Cape Colony had been reoccupied by the British army, in accordance with the orders which had subsequently been countermanded.
