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HENRY ADDINGTON, 1ST VISCOUNT SIDMOUTH - LoveToKnow Article on HENRY ADDINGTON, 1ST VISCOUNT SIDMOUTH (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07) |
 | | Addington consented, and after some delay caused by the kings illness, and by the reluctance of several of, Pitts followers to serve under him, became first lord of the treasury and chancellor of the exchequer in March 1801. |
 | | Addington then took steps to strengthen the forces of the crown, and suggested to Pitt that he should join the cabinet and that both should serve under a new prime minister., This offer was declined, and a similar fate befell Addington.s subsequent proposal to serve under Pitt. |
 | | When the Struggle with France was renewed in May 1803, it became evident that as a war minister Addington was not a success; and when Pitt became openly hostile, the continued confidence of the king and of a majority in the House of Commons was not a sufficient counterpoise to the ministrys waning prestige. |
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