Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (* May 30 1757 in Holborn, London, † February 15, 1844 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey ) was a British statesman and Prime Minister from 1801 to 1804.

Life

Henry Addington was the son of Anthony Addington, physician William Pitt the Elder. Because of his father's position Addington was a childhood friend of William Pitt the Younger. Addington was educated at Winchester College and Brasenose College, Oxford and then studied law at Lincoln's Inn. In 1784 he was elected to the House in 1789 and whose spokesman. When Pitt was forced to resign because of the emancipation of Catholics in March 1801, Addington was chosen as his successor.

Addington's government is most notable for the negotiations on the Treaty of Amiens of 1802, in which an unfavorable peace treaty with France was closed. The peace did not last long and Addington poor warfare led a year later to Pitt's return to office. However, Addington remained an important political figure. He was elevated to Viscount Sidmouth and entered Pitt's Cabinet as Lord President of the Council at. Later he served in the " government of all the talents " the office of Lord Privy Seal and Lord President of the back.

As Pitts trailer 1807 again came to power, Addington went back into opposition. However, in March 1812, he appeared in the influential position as Lord President of the Council back into the government. In June, he was Minister of the Interior. In this role, he brutally suppressed the opposition; he was responsible for the suspension of the Habeas Corpus Act in 1817 and the enactment of repressive "Six Acts" 1819. 1822 he resigned from the post of Minister of the Interior. He was succeeded by the much more competent Robert Peel. However, Addington remained for the next two years as a member of the Cabinet Minister without Portfolio, unsuccessfully Struggling against the recognition of the South American republics. He was also after his departure from the government continues in the Lords active. His last speech he delivered here in 1829 against the emancipation of the Catholics. Addington had lived since 1801 in the White Lodge in Richmond Park, where he died in 1844.