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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 .
SIDMOUTH, HENRY ADDINGTON, 1st Viscount (1757–1844), English statesman, son of Dr Anthony Addington, was born on the 30th of May 1757. Educated at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford, he graduated in 1778, and took the chancellor’s prize for an English essay in 1779.
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Henry Addington was born on 30 May 1757, the son of Mary Hiley and Anthony Addington, a country doctor who owned a small estate in Oxfordshire and who was personal physician to the Earl of Chatham. Education Educated at Winchester and Brasenose College, Oxford, he trained as a lawyer at Lincolns Inn, a law school. Career
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.
This volume is a scholarly attempt to rehabilitate Addington and his 'weak and ineffectual' prime ministership of 1801-1804. Includes a bibliography and index. Charles Fedorak is the director of the Information and Privact Branch of the Ministry of Education for the government of British Columbia, Canada.
