Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Tags: Prime Minister.

Henry Addington 1st Viscount Sidmouth PC (30 May 1757 – 15 February 1844) was a British statesman and Prime Minister from 1801 to 1804. He is best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802 an unfavorable peace with France. When that broke down he resumed the war but he was without allies and conducted a relatively weak defensive war. He is also known for his ruthless and efficient crackdown on dissent as Home Secretary 1812-1822.

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active years end date

1804-05-10, 1807-03-26, 1812-06-11, 1822-01-17

active years start date

1801-03-14, 1801-03-17, 1806-10-08, 1812-06-08

alma mater

Brasenose College Oxford

birth date

1757-05-30

birth place

Holborn

death date

1844-02-15

death place

Richmond Park, White Lodge Richmond Park, Richmond London

monarch

George III of the United Kingdom

order in office

Home Secretary, Lord President of the Council, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Chancellor of the Exchequer

party

Tory

prime minister

Spencer Perceval

religion

Church of England

successor

Dudley Ryder 1st Earl of Harrowby, John Pratt 1st Marquess Camden, Robert Peel, William Pitt the Younger