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Henry
Addington, Prime Minister, 1801-1804 Peace, War, and Parliamentary Politics by Charles John Fedorak 268 pp., 6 x 9, index
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| No modern British
prime minister has been so thoroughly misunderstood or simply dismissed
as Henry Addington. Fedorak demonstrates that, contrary to the views of
his opponents and many historians, Addington was an astute and
effective prime minister. His fall after three years in office was the
result of a complex train of circumstances in which questions of
personality, both within and outside the government, played a major
part.
Addington, who had no ambition for higher office, agreed to become prime minister only because his predecessor, William Pitt the Younger, and King George III insisted. He immediately faced the serious and difficult challenge of leading a relatively inexperienced Cabinet to deal with a series of military, diplomatic, economic and social crises caused by war and famine. Fedorak demonstrates that Addington dealt with these crises as successfully as the circumstances would allow and left a lasting mark on British politics. He negotiated peace with Russia, Denmark, Sweden and France. He repaired the government finances, delivered the first modern budget speech, and ameliorated social unrest. After boldly declaring war on France in 1803, he doubled the productivity of the Income Tax, and raised more than 600,000 men at arms to fight the French. |
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Charles John Fedorak is the Director of Information and Privacy Branch, Ministry of Education, Government of British Columbia since 1998. He received his PhD in International History from London School of Economics. |
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