
What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: Dr Anthony Addington 1713-1790 Doctor of Medicine, University of Oxford; physician to King George III, 'The Mad King' His son, Henry Addington (Viscount Sidmouth), Prime Minister, 1801-1804 lived and worked here
Dr Anthony Addington was a distinguished physician who served as the doctor to King George III. His son, Henry Addington, became Prime Minister from 1801 to 1804, significantly impacting British politics during the Napoleonic Wars.
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