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1801–1804
Addington (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 Lord Grenville William Pitt the Younger
History
Election(s)	1801 co-option 1802 general election
Legislature term(s)	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 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 – Lord Lewisham (from July Earl of Dartmouth) enters the Cabinet as President of the Board of Control.
• July 1801 – The Duke of Portland succeeds Lord Chatham as Lord President (Chatham remains Master of the Ordnance). Lord Pelham of Stanmer succeeds Portland as Home Secretary.
• July 1802 – Lord Castlereagh succeeds Dartmouth at the Board of Control.
• August 1803 – Charles Philip Yorke succeeds Pelham as Home Secretary.