Henry Addington PC MP PM (bef. 1757 - 1844)

Born before 20 May 1757 in Saint Andrew, Holborn, London, England

Ancestors

Husband of Ursula Mary (Hammond) Addington — married 19 Sep 1781 in Cheam, Surrey, England

Descendants

Died 15 Feb 1844 after age 86 in Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Sir Henry Addington was a member of the aristocracy in British Isles.

Henry Addington PC MP PM is Notable.

Henry Addington PC MP PM was born in England.

Henry Addington was baptised on 30 May 1757 in St Andrews, Holborn, London, England. ^[1]
He was the firstborn son of Dr.Anthony Addington MD, of Fringford, Oxon, and Up Ottery, Devon, England and Mary Hiley dau. and heir of Rev. Haviland John Hiley, MD, of Reading, Berkshire, England.

SIBLINGS:

• Anne Addington (m. Goodenough) died 1806
• Elizabeth Addington ( m. Hoskyns) died 1827
• Eleanor Addington (m. Sutton) (1749-1837)
• John Hiley Addington (m. Unwin) 1758 - 1818
• Charlotte Addington (m. Bathurst) (1761-1839)

First Marriage

Henry Addington married (1) Ursula Mary Hammond (1760 - 1811) on 19 Sep 1781.
She was the daughter of Leonard Hammond and Mary.

CHILDREN:

1. Harriet Addington
2. Mary Anne Ursula Addington 1786 - 1847 ^[2]
3. Rev. Henry Addington 1786 - 1823
4. Charles Anthony Addington + 1789
5. Frances Addington ( m. George Pellew) 1793 - 1870
6. Rev. William Leonard Addington 2nd Viscount Sidmouth (1794-1864)

Second Marriage

Henry Addington married (2) widow, Mrs. Marianne (nee Scott) Townsend ( 1786 - 1842) on 29 Jul 1823.

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC MP Prime Minister (30 May 1757 – 15 February 1844) was a British statesman who served as Prime Minister from 1801 to 1804.
He is best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, an unfavourable peace with Napoleonic France which marked the end of the Second Coalition during the French Revolutionary Wars. When that treaty broke down he resumed the war but he was without allies and conducted a relatively weak defensive war, ahead of what would become the War of the Third Coalition.
He was forced from office in favour of William Pitt the Younger, who had preceded Addington as Prime Minister. Addington is also known for his ruthless and efficient crackdown on dissent during a ten-year spell as Home Secretary from 1812 to 1822. He has been the longest-serving holder of that office since it was created in 1782.^[3]

Death

Sir Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth passed away on 15 Feb 1844 at the White Lodge, Richmond, Surrey, England, United Kingdom. ^[4]

• Space Page: List of Prime Minister of England and United Kingdom. (https://www.wikitree.com/index.php?title=Space:List_of_Prime_Ministers_of_England_and_United_Kingdom.&public=1)

Sources

1. ↑ "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NLLZ-CXJ : 19 September 2020), Henry Addington, 1757.
2. ↑ Death Notice 24 Dec 1747 Publication on 4 Jan 1748 Mary Anne Addington. Citing this Record: "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPZQ-LF1S : 17 April 2019), Mary Anne Ursula Addington, Lewes, Sussex, England, United Kingdom; records extracted FamilySearch and images digitized by FindMyPast; citing Lewes, Sussex, England, United Kingdom, 4 Jan 1848, The British Newspaper Archive, Ireland; FHL microfilm .
3. ↑ Wikipedia entry for Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
4. ↑ HoP Henry Addington. https://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/addington-henry-1757-1844

• Oxford Honours, 1220-1894 (Clarendon Press, Oxford, 1894) Page 2: "Addington, Henry (afterwards 1st Viscount Sidmouth), Bras. English Essay 1779"
• ("The Private Life of William Pitt" Addington Memorial and Sidmouth Tomb photos and text.)
• Sidmouth, Viscount (UK, 1805) Cracroft's Peerage
• History of Parliament online: ADDINGTON, Henry (1757-1844), of Mortimer, Berks

• See also for hints:
  
• First Wife Ursula Mary Hammond
• Second Wife Marianne Scott-Townsend