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The son of a physician, Henry Addington was born in London on May 30, 1757. He was elected for the first time in the House of Commons Palace of Westminster in 1784 and there held the position of speaker from 1789 to 1801.
It was created on 12 January 1805 for the former prime minister, Henry Addington. In May 1804, King George III intended to confer the titles of Earl of Banbury, Viscount Wallingford and Baron Reading on Addington (an earldom was the customary retirement honour for a former prime minister).
Historical Events. 1801-03-14 Henry Addington becomes Prime Minister of the United Kingdom after his friend William Pitt the Younger resigns after being unable to persuade King George III of the need for Catholic Emancipation. 1804-05-10 British Prime Minister Henry Addington resigns, replaced by William Pitt the Younger.
Henry Addington, prime minister, 1801-1804 : peace, war, and parliamentary politics. Responsibility. Charles John Fedorak. Imprint. Akron, Ohio : University of Akron Press, c2002. Physical description. xvii, 268 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. Series on international, political, and economic history. At the library. SAL3 (off-campus storage) No public access.
Addington, Henry, first Viscount Sidmouth (1757–1844), prime minister | Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. See also. External resources. Archive Edition. Show Summary Details. Page of. Printed from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
Apr 28, 2022 · Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC (30 May 1757 – 15 February 1844) was a British statesman, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804. Henry Addington was the son of Anthony Addington, Pitt's physician, and Mary Addington, the daughter of the Rev. Haviland John Hiley, headmaster of Reading School.
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