Addington Ministry
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The Addington Ministry was a government ministry led by the Tory Henry Addington
, notable as an interlude between the two ministries of William Pitt the Younger
. It is most notable for the Peace of Amiens which marked a brief cessation in the Napoleonic Wars
.
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC was a British statesman, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804....
, notable as an interlude between the two ministries of William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt the Younger was a British politician of the late 18th and early 19th centuries. He became the youngest Prime Minister in 1783 at the age of 24 . He left office in 1801, but was Prime Minister again from 1804 until his death in 1806...
. It is most notable for the Peace of Amiens which marked a brief cessation in the Napoleonic Wars
Napoleonic Wars
The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...
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