Viscount Sidmouth, of Sidmouth

Sidmouth

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 in the County of Devon, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1805 for the former Prime Minister

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, Henry Addington

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....

. In May 1804, King George III

George III of the United Kingdom

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 intended to confer the titles of Earl of Banbury

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, Viscount Wallingford and Baron Reading on Addington (an earldom was the custormary retirement honour for a former Prime Minister). However, Addington refused the honour and chose to remain in the House of Commons

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 until 1805, when he joined William Pitt the Younger's

William Pitt the Younger

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 government as Lord President of the Council

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 with the lesser title of Viscount Sidmouth. His grandson, the third Viscount, briefly represented Devizes

Devizes (UK Parliament constituency)

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 in Parliament. the title is held by the latter's great-great-grandson, the eighth Viscount, who succeeded his father in 2005.

Anthony Addington

Anthony Addington

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, father of the first Viscount, was a distinguished physician. Henry Unwin Addington

Henry Unwin Addington

Henry Unwin Addington was a British diplomat and civil servant.-Background:Born at Blounts Court, he was the second son of John Hiley Addington, brother of Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, and his wife Mary, daughter of Henry Unwin...

, nephew of the first Viscount, was a diplomat and civil servant.

The family seat was Upottery Manor, Devon

Devon

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 (sold in 1953).

Viscounts Sidmouth (1805)

• Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
  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....
  
   (1757–1844)
• William Leonard Addington, 2nd Viscount Sidmouth (1794–1864)
• William Wells Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth
  William Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth
  William Wells Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth , was a British peer and politician.-Background:Sidmouth was the son of Reverend William Leonard Addington, 2nd Viscount Sidmouth, eldest son of Prime Minister Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth.-Political career:Sidmouth was Member of Parliament...
  
   (1824–1913)
• Gerald Anthony Pellew Bagnall Addington, 4th Viscount Sidmouth (1854–1915)
• Gerald William Addington, 5th Viscount Sidmouth (1882–1953)
• Raymond Anthony Addington, 6th Viscount Sidmouth (1887–1976)
• John Tonge Anthony Pellew Addington, 7th Viscount Sidmouth (1914–2005)
• Jeremy Francis Addington, 8th Viscount Sidmouth (b. 1947)

The heir apparent

Heir apparent

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is the present holder's son the Hon. John Addington (b. 1990)