title: William Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth
text: # William Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth
  
  William Wells Addington, 3rd Viscount Sidmouth JP DL (25 March 1824 – 28 October 1913), was a British peer and politician.
  
  ## Background
  
  Sidmouth was the son of Reverend William Leonard Addington, 2nd Viscount Sidmouth, eldest son of Prime Minister Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Sidmouth was Member of Parliament for Devizes between 1863 and 1864.
  
  ## Personal life
  
  Lord Sidmouth died in October 1913, aged 89, and was succeeded in the viscountcy by his son, Gerald.
  
  