{{Short description|British politician (1759–1818)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2026}} {{Infobox person | honorific_prefix = The Right Honourable | name = John Hiley Addington | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_date = August 1759 | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1818|06|11|1759|08|df=y}} | death_place = | spouse = {{marriage|Mary Urwin|1785}} | children = 3 | father = Anthony Addington | mother = Mary Addington | relatives = Henry Addington (brother)<br />Henry Unwin Addington (son) | education = Cheam School<br />Winchester College | alma_mater = Brasenose College, Oxford }}
'''John Hiley Addington''' (August 1759{{snd}}11 June 1818)<ref name = "Urban (1818), p. 574"/> was a British Tory party politician. He served as a Member of Parliament for various constituencies between 1787 and 1818.
==Background and education== Addington was the second son of Anthony Addington and his wife Mary, daughter of Haviland John Hiley.<ref name = "Lodge (1859), p. 450">Lodge (1859), p. 450</ref> His older brother was Henry Addington, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and under whose lifelong influence and patronisation he was.<ref>Thorne (1986), p. 51</ref> He was educated at Cheam School and then at Winchester College.<ref name = "The Annual Obituary (1819), p. 361">The Annual Obituary (1819), p. 361</ref> Addington studied in Ealing until 1776 and afterwards at Brasenose College, Oxford.<ref name = "The Annual Obituary (1819), p. 361"/>
==Political career== Addington entered the British House of Commons in 1787, having been elected for Truro.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 47">Thorne (1986), p. 47</ref> He represented the constituency until 1790 and after a break of four years was returned to Parliament for Winchelsea until 1796.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 47"/> In the following general election Addington stood successfully for Wendover.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 47"/> He held that seat until the Act of Union 1801 and then became a member of the newly established Parliament of the United Kingdom.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 47"/> In 1802 Addington won the election for Bossiney, however he resigned his seat the following year.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 47"/> Instead he ran for Harwich in a by-election, which had been triggered by the death of his predecessor.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 47"/> Addington sat for the constituency for the rest of his life.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 47"/>
During his time as Member of Parliament, he was appointed a Lord of the Treasury in December 1800, by the then Prime Minister William Pitt.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 47"/> In March of the following year he became a Secretary to the Treasury until 1802, when on his own request he returned to his former office.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 47"/> Addington was made Paymaster of the Forces in 1803 and on this occasion was sworn of the Privy Council.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 48"/> When in the next year his brother Henry's government failed, he was replaced as Paymaster.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 48"/> In 1806, Addington joined the Board of Control as a commissioner, however left it after a year.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 48">Thorne (1986), p. 48</ref> He accepted an appointment as Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs in 1812, retiring after a collapse in 1818.<ref>Thorne (1986), p. 49</ref>
In 1803 Addington was nominated High Steward of Harwich and lieutenant-colonel of the Mendip Volunteers.<ref name = "Thorne (1986), p. 47"/>
==Family and death== In 1785, Addington married Mary, daughter of Henry Unwin.<ref name = "Lodge (1859), p. 450"/> The couple had two sons and a daughter.<ref name = "Urban (1833), p. 285">Urban (1833), p. 285</ref> Addington died at Longford Court in 1818 from complications after an operation on his stomach.<ref name = "Urban (1818), p. 574">Urban (1818), p. 574</ref> He was survived by his wife until 1833.<ref name = "Urban (1833), p. 285"/> His younger son Henry was a diplomat and civil servant.<ref name = "Urban (1833), p. 285"/>
The writer Hannah More was a close friend of Addington and his family.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.csulb.edu/colleges/cla/ebro/?p=527 | title = Hannah More: The First Victorian | publisher = California State University, Long Beach | accessdate = 17 January 2010 }}</ref>
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==References== {{columns-list|colwidth=30em| *{{cite book | last = Thorne | first = R. G. | title = The House of Commons, 1790–1820 | volume = I | publisher = Secker & Warburg | location = London | year = 1986 | ISBN = 0-436-52101-6 }} *{{cite book | last = Lodge | first = Edmund | title = The Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire | publisher = Hurst and Blackett | location = London | edition = 28th | year = 1859 }} *{{cite book | title = The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year 1819 | publisher = Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown | location = London | volume = III | year = 1819 }} *{{cite book | last = Sylvanus | first = Urban | title = The Gentleman's Magazine | location = London | publisher = Nichols, Son and Bentley | year = 1818 | volume = part I }} *{{cite book | last = Sylvanus | first = Urban | title = The Gentleman's Magazine | location = London | publisher = John Bowyer Nichols and Son | year = 1833 | volume = part II }} }}
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{{s-bef| before = Sir Frederick Fletcher-Vane, Bt <br /> Richard Barwell }} {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Winchelsea | with = Richard Barwell | years = 1794–1796 }} {{s-aft| after = William Currie <br /> Richard Barwell }}
{{s-bef| before = John Barker Church <br /> Lord Hugh Seymour }} {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Wendover | with = George Canning | years = 1796–1800 }} {{s-aft| after = Parliament of Great Britain }}
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{{s-bef| before = Hon. James Stuart-Wortley <br /> John Lubbock }} {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Bossiney | with = Hon. James Stuart-Wortley | years = 1802–1803 }} {{s-aft| after = Hon. James Stuart-Wortley <br /> George Peter Holford }}
{{s-bef| before = Thomas Myers <br /> John Robinson }} {{s-ttl| title = Member of Parliament for Harwich | with = Thomas Myers January–April 1803 | with2 = James Adams 1803–1806, March–May 1807 | with3 = William Henry Fremantle 1806–1807 | with4 = William Huskisson 1807–1812 | with5 = Nicholas Vansittart 1812–1818 | years = 1803–1818 }} {{s-aft| after = Nicholas Vansittart <br /> Charles Bathurst }}
{{s-off}} {{s-bef| before = George Rose <br /> Charles Long }} {{s-ttl| title = Secretary to the Treasury | with = Nicholas Vansittart | years = 1801–1802 }} {{s-aft| after = Nicholas Vansittart <br /> John Sargent }}
{{s-bef| before = Thomas Steele <br /> The Lord Glenbervie }} {{s-ttl| title = Paymaster of the Forces | with = Thomas Steele | years = 1803–1804 }} {{s-aft| after = George Rose <br /> Lord Charles Somerset }}
{{s-bef| before = Henry Goulburn }} {{s-ttl| title = Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs | years = 1812–1818 }} {{s-aft| after = Henry Clive }} {{s-end}}
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