Person

Henry Addington P.M

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Alternative names
1st Viscount Sidmouth
Gender
Assigned male at birth
Nationality
United Kingdom
Ethnicity
White
Languages
English
Occupations
Unknown

Prime Minister from 1801 to 1804 and, before that, Speaker of the House of Commons from 1789 to 1801. Best known for brokering the unfavourable the Treaty of Amiens with Napoleon in 1802. Subsequently served as Home Secretary from 1812 to 1822, during which he cracked down on advocates of democratic reform.

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