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Viscount Sidmouth, of
Sidmouth
Sidmouth () is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter. With a population of 12,569 in 2011, it is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town h ...
in the
County of Devon, is a title in the
Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 12 January 1805 for the former
prime minister
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,
Henry Addington. In May 1804,
King George III
George III (George William Frederick; 4 June 173829 January 1820) was King of Great Britain and of Ireland from 25 October 1760 until the union of the two kingdoms on 1 January 1801, after which he was King of the United Kingdom of Great Br ...
intended to confer the titles of
Earl of Banbury
Earl of Banbury was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created in 1626 for William Knollys. He had already been created Baron Knollys in 1603 and Viscount Wallingford in 1616, both in the Peerage of England. However, the paternity of hi ...
, Viscount Wallingford and Baron Reading on Addington (an earldom was the customary 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
William Pitt the Younger (28 May 175923 January 1806) was a British statesman, the youngest and last prime minister of Great Britain (before the Acts of Union 1800) and then first prime minister of the United Kingdom (of Great Britain and Ire ...
's government as
Lord President of the Council with the lesser title of Viscount Sidmouth. His grandson, the third viscount, briefly represented
Devizes
Devizes is a market town and civil parish in Wiltshire, England. It developed around Devizes Castle, an 11th-century Norman castle, and received a charter in 1141. The castle was besieged during the Anarchy, a 12th-century civil war between ...
in Parliament. The current holder of the title is the latter's great-great-grandson, the eighth viscount, who succeeded his father in 2005.
Anthony Addington, father of the first viscount, was a distinguished physician.
Henry Unwin Addington, nephew of the first viscount, was a diplomat and civil servant.
The family seat now is
Highway Manor (near
Calne
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, Wiltshire) which was inherited in 1936.
The former ancestral seat was Upottery Manor, near
Upottery
Upottery (originally Up Ottery) is a rural village, civil parish and former manor in East Devon, England.
Location
Upottery takes up both sides of the upper vale of the Otter which flows to the English Channel south of Ottery St Mary and is a ...
, Devon.
Viscounts Sidmouth (1805)
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Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, (30 May 175715 February 1844) was an English Tory statesman who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804.
Addington is best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, an ...
(1757–1844)
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William Leonard Addington, 2nd Viscount Sidmouth (1794–1864)
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William Wells Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth (1824–1913)
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Gerald Anthony Pellew Bagnall Addington, 4th Viscount Sidmouth
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(1854–1915)
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Gerald William Addington, 5th Viscount Sidmouth
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(1882–1953)
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Raymond Anthony Addington, 6th Viscount Sidmouth
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(1887–1976)
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John Tonge Anthony Pellew Addington, 7th Viscount Sidmouth
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John may also refer to:
New Testament
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* Second ...
(1914–2005)
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Jeremy Francis Addington, 8th Viscount Sidmouth
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* Jérémy, a French given name
* ''Jeremy'' (film), a 1973 film
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* ''Jeremy'', a 1919 ...
(b. 1947)
The
heir apparent
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is the present holder's son, the Hon. John Addington (b. 1990).
See also
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Tom Addington
Raymond Thomas Casamajor Addington (27 January 1919 – 28 October 2011) was a British Army soldier who won the Military Cross in the Netherlands in 1944/45 for his bravery as a battery captain with the 13th Honourable Artillery Company (HAC), ...
References
*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
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Noble titles created for UK MPs
Sidmouth
Sidmouth () is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter. With a population of 12,569 in 2011, it is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town h ...
Sidmouth
Sidmouth () is a town on the English Channel in Devon, South West England, southeast of Exeter. With a population of 12,569 in 2011, it is a tourist resort and a gateway to the Jurassic Coast World Heritage Site. A large part of the town h ...