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Henry Addington. Full Name: 1st Viscount Sidmouth. Profession: British Prime Minister. Nationality: British. Biography: The son of a physician, Henry Addington's rise in political life after becoming an MP in 1789 was aided by his childhood friendship with William Pitt the younger. Addington became Prime Minister in 1801 after Pitt's ...
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, 1º Visconde Sidmouth, PC (30 de maio de 1757 – 15 de fevereiro de 1844) foi um político britânico, primeiro-ministro do Reino Unido de 1801 a 1804. [1] Vida. Foi eleito para a Câmara dos Comuns em 1784 como membro do Parlamento (MP) por Devizes, [1] e depois tornou-se Orador da Casa dos Comuns em 1789.
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.
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 ...
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 ...
May 30, 1757 - February 15, 1844. 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.
