| Addington ministry | |
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| 1801–1804 | |
 Portrait of Henry Addington by William Beechey (1803) | |
| Date formed | 17 March 1801 (1801-03-17) |
| Date dissolved | 10 May 1804 (1804-05-10) |
| People and organisations | |
| Monarch | George III |
| Prime Minister | Henry Addington |
| Total no. of members | 11 appointments |
| Member party | Tory Party |
| Status in legislature | Majority |
| Opposition party | Whig Party |
| Opposition leaders | |
| History | |
| Elections | |
| Legislature terms | |
| Predecessor | First Pitt ministry |
| Successor | Second Pitt ministry |
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
Changes
- May 1801 – George Legge, Lord Lewisham (from July Earl of Dartmouth) enters the Cabinet as President of the Board of Control.
- July 1801 – 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 – Robert Stewart,Lord Castlereagh succeeds Dartmouth at the Board of Control.
- August 1803 – Charles Philip Yorke succeeds Pelham as Home Secretary.
Notes
- ^ Fisher, David R. "The 'New Opposition', 1801–4". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- Evans 2002, p. 73.
Work cited
- Evans, Eric J. (2002). William Pitt the Younger. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-1347-8677-0.
Further reading
- Cook, Chris; Stevenson, John (1980). British Historical Facts: 1760–1830. Palgrave Macmillan UK. ISBN 978-0-3332-1512-8.
| Preceded byFirst Pitt ministry | Government of the United Kingdom 1801–1804 |
Succeeded bySecond Pitt ministry |
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