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Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth (1757-1844), Prime Minister

Sitter associated with 66 portraits
Addington was invited to be Prime Minister in 1801, when William Pitt resigned after the King refused to grant Catholic MPs the right to sit in Parliament. Known for his reactionary politics, Addington was opposed to the abolition of slavery and Catholic emancipation.

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745The House of Commons 1793-94
by Karl Anton Hickel
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5774Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
by Sir William Beechey
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999The Trial of Queen Caroline 1820
by Sir George Hayter
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3917Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
by William Behnes
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5Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
by George Richmond
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D13001'Swearing to the cutting monster or- a scene in Bow Street'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D13001
D12467'The dagger scene; - or - the plot discover'd'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D12467
D12470'A smoking club'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D12470
D12593'The giant factotem amusing himself'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D12593
D12614'Parliamentary-reform, - or - opposition-rats, leaving the house they had undermined'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D12614
D12763'Lilliputian-substitutes, equiping for public service'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D12763
D12781'Sketch of the interior of St Stephens, as it now stands'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D12781
D12788'Hope' (William Dickinson; Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool; Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D12788
D12795'The nursery, with Britannia reposing in peace'
by and published by James Gillray
NPG D12795
D12799'A phantasmagoria; - scene - conjuring-up an armed-skeleton'
by and published by James Gillray
NPG D12799
D12801'Bat-catching'
by and published by James Gillray
NPG D12801
D12803'Physical aid, - or - Britannia recover'd from a trance; - also, the patriotic courage of Sherry Andrew; & a peep thro' the fog'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D12803
D12807'Doctor Sangrado curing John Bull of repletion - with the kind offices of young Clysterpipe & little Boney -'
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D12807
D12810'Armed-heroes' (Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool; Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth; Napoleon Bonaparte)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D12810
D13039'Evacuation of Malta' (Napoleon Bonaparte; Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth)
by James Gillray, published by Hannah Humphrey
NPG D13039
Category
Politics, Government and Diplomacy
Groups
British Prime Ministers
Regency Tories
Place
London