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HENRY ADDINGTON

Henry Addington (Viscount Sidmouth) was an English politician. He was born in 1757 and died in 1844. He entered parliament, in 1783, as a warm supporter of Pitt. He was elected speaker of the House of Commons in 1789, and in 1801 invited by the king to form an administration, chiefly signalized by the conclusion of the Peace of Amiens. He quarrelled with Pitt, whom he bitterly attacked. He was home secretary from 1812 until 1822, his repressive policy making him remarkably unpopular with the nation at large. He retired from official life in 1824.
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