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Tory. Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC (30 May 1757–15 February 1844) was a British statesman. He was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804. His father was a physician specialising in the treatment of mental illness. His father was one of George III's doctors and this resulted in Addington being known (in no ...
Letter to Hiley Addington (1 November 1804), quoted in Philip Ziegler, Addington: A Life of Henry Addington, First Viscount Sidmouth (1965), p. 227; I have said, and said most truly, that if the country was well governed, and its affairs ably conducted, I cared little in whose hands the Administration was placed.
The first of these is Henry Addington, a man at the forefront of British politics for more than thirty years, who holds the unusual distinction of having served as both Speaker and Prime Minister. This achievement was all the more remarkable because, in an age when British politics was dominated by aristocratic families, Addington had risen ...
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 ...
29 de dic. de 2017 · Henry Addington’s historical reputation owes less to his brief spell as Prime Minister than to his later career as a famously reactionary Home Secretary after becoming Viscount Sidmouth. However ...
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 ...
Henry Addington formed his ministry when Pitt the Younger resigned over the issue of Catholic Emancipation following the Act of Union with Ireland. He had been Speaker of the House of Commons since 1789 but had to resign this post in order to form his ministry. On 2 April 1801 the Danish fleet in Copenhagen was destroyed by Nelson: this was an ...
