Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth Greetings Card

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Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth NPG D41680

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Samuel Cousins, by and published by Samuel William Reynolds, after Thomas Clement Thompson

Addington was invited to be Prime Minister in 1801, when William Pitt resigned after the King refused to grant Catholic MPs the right to sit in Parliament. Known for his reactionary politics, Addington was opposed to the abolition of slavery and Catholic emancipation.

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.

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