Family and Education
b. 30 May 1757, 1st s. of Anthony Addington, M.D., of Fringford, Oxon. by Mary, da. and h. of Rev. Haviland John Hiley of Reading. educ. Cheam; Winchester 1768; B.N.C. Oxf. 1774; L. Inn 1772; I. Temple 1780, called 1784. m. (1) 19 Sept. 1781, Ursula Mary (d. 23 June 1811), da. and coh. of Leonard Hammond of Cheam, Surr., 2s. 4da.; (2) 29 July 1823, Mary Anne, da. and h. of William Scott, 1st Baron Stowell, wid. of Thomas Townshend of Honington, Warws., s.p. suc. fa. 22 Mar. 1790; cr. Visct. Sidmouth 12 Jan. 1805.
Offices Held
Recorder, Devizes 1784 – d.; Speaker of House of Commons June 1789 – Feb. 1801; P.C. 23 June 1789; first ld. of the Treasury Mar. 1801 – May 1804; ld. president of the Council Jan. – July 1805; ld. privy seal Feb. – Oct. 1806; ld. president Oct. 1806 – Mar. 1807, Apr. – June 1812; Home sec. June 1812 – Jan. 1822; Cabinet minister without office Jan. 1822-Nov. 1824.
Parlimentarian
Main residence: Mortimer, Berks.
Volume
Commons 1754-1790
Web Title
ADDINGTON, Henry (1757-1844)
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