…The two original counties of Lennox and Addington, joined together in 1860, had been named after Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond and Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, respectively. Unlike most county mergers in the 19th century, Lennox and Addington, which had been split off from ...
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth, PC (30 May 1757 15 February 1844) was a British statesman, and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to ...