John Hiley Addington

John Hiley Addington (August 175911 June 1818) His older brother was Henry Addington, who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and under whose lifelong influence and patronisation he was. He was educated at Cheam School and then at Winchester College. Addington studied in Ealing until 1776 and afterwards at Brasenose College, Oxford. He represented the constituency until 1790 and after a break of four years was returned to Parliament for Winchelsea until 1796. He accepted an appointment as Under-Secretary of State for Home Affairs in 1812, retiring after a collapse in 1818.

In 1803 Addington was nominated High Steward of Harwich and lieutenant-colonel of the Mendip Volunteers. Addington died at Longford Court in 1818 from complications after an operation on his stomach. He was survived by his wife until 1833.