Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
Politician
1757 – 1844
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Who was Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth?
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC was a British statesman, and Prime Minister from 1801 to 1804. He is best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, an unfavourable 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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- Born
- May 30, 1757
Holborn - Religion
- Anglicanism
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Education
- Brasenose College, Oxford
- Winchester College
- University of Oxford
- Lived in
- Reading
- Earley
- Died
- Feb 15, 1844
Richmond, London
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on July 23, 2013
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