Addington ministry

Addington ministry
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	Charles James Fox[1] Lord Grenville[1] William Pitt the Younger[2]
History
Elections	1801 co-option 1802 general election
Legislature terms	1st UK Parliament 2nd UK Parliament
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

Portfolio	Minister	Took office	Left office	Party
First Lord of the Treasury Chancellor of the Exchequer	Henry Addington (head of ministry)	17 March 1801 (1801-03-17)	10 May 1804 (1804-05-10)		Tory
Lord Chancellor	Alexander Wedderburn, Lord Loughborough	Continued	14 April 1801 (1801-04-14)		Independent
	John Scott, Lord Eldon	14 April 1801 (1801-04-14)	Continued		Tory
Lord President of the Council	John Pitt, Earl of Chatham	Continued	30 July 1801 (1801-07-30)		Independent
	William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland	30 July 1801 (1801-07-30)	Continued		Tory
Lord Privy Seal	John Fane, Earl of Westmorland	Continued	Continued		Tory
Secretary of State for the Home Department	William Cavendish-Bentinck, Duke of Portland	Continued	30 July 1801 (1801-07-30)		Tory
	Thomas Pelham, Lord Pelham of Stanmer	30 July 1801 (1801-07-30)	17 August 1803 (1803-08-17)		Tory
	Charles Philip Yorke	17 August 1803 (1803-08-17)	12 May 1804 (1804-05-12)		Tory
Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs	Robert Jenkinson, Lord Hawkesbury	Continued	14 May 1804 (1804-05-14)		Tory
Secretary of State for War and the Colonies	Robert Hobart, Lord Hobart	17 March 1801 (1801-03-17)	12 May 1804 (1804-05-12)		Tory
First Lord of the Admiralty	John Jervis, Earl of St Vincent	Continued	1804 (1804)		Whig
Master-General of the Ordnance	John Pitt, Earl of Chatham	June 1801 (1801-06)	Continued		Independent
President of the Board of Trade	Charles Jenkinson, Earl of Liverpool	Continued	7 June 1804 (1804-06-07)		Independent
President of the Board of Control	George Legge, Earl of Dartmouth	May 1801 (1801-05)	July 1802 (1802-07)		Tory
	Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh	July 1802 (1802-07)	Continued		Tory

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

1. Fisher, David R. "The 'New Opposition', 1801–4". The History of Parliament. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
2. 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 by First Pitt ministry

Government of the United Kingdom 1801–1804

Succeeded by Second Pitt ministry