Viscount Sidmouth, of

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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

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, Henry Addington. In May 1804,

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intended to confer the titles of

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, 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

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until 1805, when he joined

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's government as Lord President of the Council with the lesser title of Viscount Sidmouth. His grandson, the third viscount, briefly represented

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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

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, Wiltshire) which was inherited in 1936. The former ancestral seat was Upottery Manor, near

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, Devon.

Viscounts Sidmouth (1805)

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) * William Leonard Addington, 2nd Viscount Sidmouth (1794–1864) * William Wells Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth (1824–1913) *

Gerald Anthony Pellew Bagnall Addington, 4th Viscount Sidmouth Gerald is a male Germanic given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ''ger-'' ("spear") and suffix ''-wald'' ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, the feminine nickname Jeri and the Welsh language Gerallt and Iris ...

(1854–1915) *

Gerald William Addington, 5th Viscount Sidmouth Gerald is a male Germanic given name meaning "rule of the spear" from the prefix ''ger-'' ("spear") and suffix ''-wald'' ("rule"). Variants include the English given name Jerrold, the feminine nickname Jeri and the Welsh language Gerallt and Iris ...

(1882–1953) *

Raymond Anthony Addington, 6th Viscount Sidmouth Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

(1887–1976) *

John Tonge Anthony Pellew Addington, 7th Viscount Sidmouth John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second ...

(1914–2005) *

Jeremy Francis Addington, 8th Viscount Sidmouth Jeremy may refer to: * Jeremy (given name), a given name * Jérémy, a French given name * ''Jeremy'' (film), a 1973 film * "Jeremy" (song), a song by Pearl Jam * Jeremy (snail), a left-coiled garden snail that died in 2017 * ''Jeremy'', a 1919 ...

(b. 1947) The

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is the present holder's son, the Hon. John Addington (b. 1990).

References

*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990. * ;Notes

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