Addington ministry
Government of the United Kingdom
- Charles James Fox[1]
- Lord Grenville[1]
- William Pitt the Younger[2]
Henry Addington, a member of the Tories, was appointed by King George III to lead the government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 1801 to 1804 and served as an interlude between the Pitt ministries. Addington's ministry is most notable for negotiating the Treaty of Amiens, which marked a brief cessation of the Napoleonic Wars.
Cabinet
Portfolio | Minister | Took office | Left office | Party | |
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Henry Addington * | 17 March 1801 (1801-03-17) | 10 May 1804 (1804-05-10) | Tory | ||
Lord Chancellor | 14 April 1801 (1801-04-14) | 7 February 1806 (1806-02-07) | Tory | ||
Lord President of the Council | 21 September 1796 (1796-09-21) | 30 July 1801 (1801-07-30) | Independent | ||
30 July 1801 (1801-07-30) | 14 January 1805 (1805-01-14) | Tory | |||
Lord Privy Seal | February 1798 (1798-02) | February 1806 (1806-02) | Tory | ||
Secretary of State for the Home Department | The Duke of Portland | 11 July 1794 (1794-07-11) | 30 July 1801 (1801-07-30) | Tory | |
30 July 1801 (1801-07-30) | 17 August 1803 (1803-08-17) | Tory | |||
17 August 1803 (1803-08-17) | 12 May 1804 (1804-05-12) | Tory | |||
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs | 20 February 1801 (1801-02-20) | 14 May 1804 (1804-05-14) | Tory | ||
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies | 17 March 1801 (1801-03-17) | 12 May 1804 (1804-05-12) | Tory | ||
First Lord of the Admiralty | 1801 (1801) | 1804 (1804) | Whig | ||
Master-General of the Ordnance | The Earl of Chatham | June 1801 (1801-06) | February 1806 (1806-02) | Independent | |
President of the Board of Trade | 23 August 1786 (1786-08-23) | 7 June 1804 (1804-06-07) | Independent | ||
President of the Board of Control | May 1801 (1801-05) | July 1802 (1802-07) | Tory | ||
July 1802 (1802-07) | 1806 (1806) | Tory |
Changes
- May 1801 – Lord Lewisham (from July Earl of Dartmouth) enters the Cabinet as President of the Board of Control.
- July 1801 – The Duke of Portland succeeds Lord Chatham as Lord President (Chatham remains Master of the Ordnance). Lord Pelham of Stanmer succeeds Portland as Home Secretary.
- July 1802 – Lord Castlereagh succeeds Dartmouth at the Board of Control.
- August 1803 – Charles Philip Yorke succeeds Pelham as Home Secretary.
Notes
- ^ a b Fisher, David R. "The 'New Opposition', 1801–4". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ Evans 2002, p. 73.
References
- Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1980). British Historical Facts: 1760–1830. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-0-333-21512-8.
- Evans, Eric J. (2002). William Pitt the Younger. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-134-78677-0.
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