It is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed.
About Henry Addington
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, was a British Tory statesman who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804 and as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1789 to 1801.
Addington is best known for obtaining the Treaty of Amiens in 1802, an unfavourable peace with Napoleonic France which marked the end of the Second Coalition during the French Revolutionary Wars.
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I hate liberality – nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1801 to 1804
It is with deep regret that the determination to assemble Parliament has been so long delayed.
Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1801 to 1804