Addington ministry
{{Short description|Government of the United Kingdom}}
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{{Infobox government cabinet
| incumbent = 1801–1804
| image = File:Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth.jpg
| caption = Portrait of Henry Addington by William Beechey (1803)
| date_formed = {{Start date|1801|3|17|df=y}}
| date_dissolved = {{End date|1804|5|10|df=y}}
| government_head_title = Prime Minister
| government_head = Henry Addington
| state_head_title = Monarch
| state_head = George III
| total_number = 11 appointments
| political_party = Tory Party
| legislature_status = Majority
| legislature_term = {{Unbulleted list
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| opposition_party = Whig Party
| opposition_leaders = {{Unbulleted list
| Charles James Fox{{Cite web |last=Fisher |first=David R. |title=The 'New Opposition', 1801–4 |url=http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/periods/hanoverians/new-opposition-1801-4 |work=The History of Parliament |access-date=15 November 2017}}
| Lord Grenville{{R|Fisher}}
| William Pitt the Younger{{Sfn|Evans|2002|page=73}}
}}
| election = {{Unbulleted list
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| previous = First Pitt ministry
| successor = Second Pitt ministry
| flag =Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (1801-1816).svg
}}
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
:
{{Cabinet table start|hiderefcol=y}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = {{unbulleted list|First Lord of the Treasury|Chancellor of the Exchequer}}
| minister1 = Henry Addington
| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1801|3|17|df=yes}}
| minister1_termend = {{end date|1804|5|10|df=yes}}
| minister1_party = Tories (British political party)
| minister1_ministryhead= y
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Lord Chancellor
| minister1 = Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Baron Loughborough
| minister1_termstart = Continued
| minister1_termend = {{end date|1801|4|14|df=yes}}
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister2 = John Scott, 1st Baron Eldon
| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1801|4|14|df=yes}}
| minister2_termend = Continued
| minister2_party = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Lord President of the Council
| minister1 = John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
| minister1_termstart = Continued
| minister1_termend = {{end date|1801|7|30|df=yes}}
| minister1_party = Independent politician
| minister2 = William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1801|7|30|df=yes}}
| minister2_termend = Continued
| minister2_party = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Lord Privy Seal
| minister1 = John Fane, 10th Earl of Westmorland
| minister1_termstart = Continued
| minister1_termend = Continued
| minister1_party = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Secretary of State for the Home Department
| minister1 = William Cavendish-Bentinck, 3rd Duke of Portland
| minister1_termstart = Continued
| minister1_termend = {{end date|1801|7|30|df=yes}}
| minister1_party = Tories (British political party)
| minister2 = Thomas Pelham, Baron Pelham of Stanmer
| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1801|7|30|df=yes}}
| minister2_termend = {{end date|1803|8|17|df=yes}}
| minister2_party = Tories (British political party)
| minister3 = Charles Philip Yorke
| minister3_termstart = {{start date|1803|8|17|df=yes}}
| minister3_termend = {{end date|1804|5|12|df=yes}}
| minister3_party = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs
| minister1 = Robert Jenkinson, Baron Hawkesbury
| minister1_termstart = Continued
| minister1_termend = {{end date|1804|5|14|df=yes}}
| minister1_party = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Secretary of State for War and the Colonies
| minister1 = Robert Hobart, Baron Hobart
| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1801|3|17|df=yes}}
| minister1_termend = {{end date|1804|5|12|df=yes}}
| minister1_party = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = First Lord of the Admiralty
| minister1 = John Jervis, 1st Earl of St Vincent
| minister1_termstart = Continued
| minister1_termend = {{end date|1804|df=yes}}
| minister1_party = Whigs (British political party)
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = Master-General of the Ordnance
| minister1 = John Pitt, 2nd Earl of Chatham
| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1801|6|df=yes}}
| minister1_termend = Continued
| minister1_party = Independent politician
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = President of the Board of Trade
| minister1 = Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool
| minister1_termstart = Continued
| minister1_termend = {{end date|1804|6|7|df=yes}}
| minister1_party = Independent politician
}}
{{Cabinet table minister
| title = President of the Board of Control
| minister1 = George Legge, 3rd Earl of Dartmouth
| minister1_termstart = {{start date|1801|5|df=yes}}
| minister1_termend = {{end date|1802|7|df=yes}}
| minister1_party = Tories (British political party)
| minister2 = Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh
| minister2_termstart = {{start date|1802|7|df=yes}}
| minister2_termend = Continued
| minister2_party = Tories (British political party)
}}
{{Cabinet table end}}
=Changes=
- May 1801{{snd}}George Legge, Lord Lewisham (from July Earl of Dartmouth) enters the Cabinet as President of the Board of Control.
- July 1801{{snd}}The William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland succeeds John Pitt, Earl of Chatham as Lord President (Chatham remains Master of the Ordnance). Thomas Pelham, Lord Pelham of Stanmer succeeds Portland as Home Secretary.
- July 1802{{snd}}Robert Stewart, Lord Castlereagh succeeds Dartmouth at the Board of Control.
- August 1803{{snd}}Charles Philip Yorke succeeds Pelham as Home Secretary.
Notes
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Work cited
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- {{Cite book |last=Evans |first=Eric J. |author-link=Eric J. Evans |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=t56FAgAAQBAJ |title=William Pitt the Younger |publisher=Routledge |year=2002 |isbn=978-1-1347-8677-0}}
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Further reading
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- {{Cite book |last=Cook |first=Chris |url=https://archive.org/details/britishhistorica0000cook_t2t9 |title=British Historical Facts: 1760–1830 |last2=Stevenson |first2=John |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK |year=1980 |isbn=978-0-3332-1512-8 |url-access=registration}}
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