This choice is very popular and the speakers are excellent. His shortcomings are arrogance, monotonous speech and no sense of humor. When talking about the shortage of corn, he talked about the benefits of bran to the members of the lower house, and enthusiastically talked about "the reduction of calories, the dissolution of water and the grinding effect on the stomach." There is no doubt that he was surprised by the uncontrollable laughter caused by these speeches. In this case, Members of Parliament may remember the origin of Addington-"The son of Lord Chatham's personal doctor is actually a servant of the Chatham family." However, he served as Speaker 12 years; During this period, he often talked privately with the prime minister, had dinner with him and tasted his wine.
180 1 year, little Peter made up his mind that if the king did not agree to establish a parliamentary union with Ireland at the expense of liberating Catholics, he would have to find another prime minister. The king asked Addington to show Peter the danger of raising this question. Peter refused to give in, so the king asked the Speaker to form a government. Addington asked the king to find a more suitable candidate. However, George III just visited Addington in the countryside not long ago and inspected a cavalry unit of a volunteer army under the command of the Speaker, so he decided that he was the right person to lead this country. Peter Ye, Jr. holds the same view: this is unacceptable to anyone else. He promised "unswerving" support to the government of Addington. The king said, "Addington, you saved my country!" " "He gave a house in Richmond Park to the new Prime Minister and selected seven cows from his ranch for him.
Addington's first task is to make peace with the French. He did quite well in this matter, although he was severely criticized for signing the agreement to cede Malta. However, it turns out that Britain did not quit Malta, which gave Napoleon an excuse to protest. )
However, Addington must fight against some of its weaknesses. He was not good at making speeches, so members of parliament soon began to miss Pete's eloquence, which only bored them a year ago. It is undeniable that he is a middle class in the snobbish era and a parliament dominated by nobles. Finally, he can't expect little Pete's followers to stop attacking him. George canning, the most outstanding figure among Peter's young disciples, first criticized and mocked Addington, the doctor's son, calling him a "doctor living in a patron's house" and saying that he lived in a villa in Medici.
Addington tried to persuade Peter Jr. to return to the government, but failed. Little Pete will only come back as prime minister. Addington sent little Pete's friend Melville to sound out little Pete's thoughts. The news he brought back said: "There must be a well-known minister who is dominant in the cabinet and deeply trusted by the king, because only in this way will there be no competition or decentralization. Power must be in the hands of a man called the Prime Minister. " In this way, in 1803, the person who has the most say on this issue expounds the necessity of setting up the post of prime minister, and the rights and responsibilities of the prime minister are determined.
When peace can still be maintained, the situation is not bad. In his budget, Addington halved Peter Jr.' s "bold and overbearing" income tax, and the public was quite satisfied with this measure. However, the peace that has always been unreliable was destroyed when Napoleon sent troops to Switzerland. It soon became clear that, like Arthur Neville Chamberlain in 1940, Addington could not provide the inspiration and leadership people needed. On the day of the declaration of war, his speech was weaker than usual. Unfortunately for him, Peter Jr.' s speech was so wonderful that Charles James Fox said, "If Demosthenes were present, he would be surprised. Grioy believes that the public has less and less confidence in ministers, because they are "the weakest and lowest level as ordinary people, not to mention as ministers." "Because of the joint attack of Peter Jr. and Fox, the government can't last. The government collapsed in May 1804, and Peter Jr. returned to power. Addington has been a viscount of West Germany for 30 years. He doesn't have much time to vent his dissatisfaction with little Pete-he thinks little Pete has left him with too much burden. Because little Pete died in June1806+1October 65438. Addington served as seal minister in william wyndham grenville's "Moral Cabinet" for a short period of time, served as minister of state under Spencer Perceval, and finally served as home secretary in Lord Liverpool's government 10. By the time George IV ascended the throne in 1820, he had served in six governments for nearly 30 years. Canning said, "He's like smallpox. Everyone will meet him once in his life. "
During his stay in the Ministry of the Interior, an amazing thing happened, which became a conspiracy of Gato. The cabal tried to murder all cabinet members by eating alone. The conspirators are not skilled enough, but their actions will naturally cause great panic. In the Home Office, Addington gained a new unpleasant reputation. It was a day of riots and unemployment. People still remember the horror of the French Revolution, and all law-abiding people were nervous. Ministers are very nervous in the case of boiling public grievances. On the other hand, people naturally think that the measures to deal with the Lutheran mobs, the Petru tragedy, the decision to suspend the habeas corpus law, the censorship of the press and the measures known as the six decrees all come from the Ministry of the Interior, which is in charge of domestic order. As a result, Addington and his contemporaries, Viscount Castlereagh, were included in the list of enemies of militants: two vultures looking for prey and two scorpions hiding in a big white stone. He must think that this portrait is not fair enough. He doesn't want to bring pain to anyone. He probably doesn't consider himself a reactionary. He was a loyal and kind old gentleman when he died at the age of 85. Occasionally write some harmless poems and often talk about some celebrities he is familiar with. He has been married twice; His first wife Ursula Mary Hadmon gave birth to six children. At the age of 60, his second wife, Mary Ann Townsend, brought him a large fortune. If anyone remembers him. That's because there is a poem that satirizes him: comparing Peter Jr. to Addington is like comparing London to Paddington (Paddington is a community in west London with a population of only 654.38+0.4 million). This is the cruel mockery of fate. He made such a sharp contrast between an ordinary prime minister and a great prime minister.