Henry Addington Addingtonian Henry Addington Addingtonian The 1802 United Kingdom general election was the first general election after the Acts of Union 1800, held from 5 July 1802 to 28 August 1802, to elect members of the House of Commons, the lower house of the new Parliament of the United Kingdom.

The new Parliament was summoned to meet on 31 August 1802, for a maximum seven-year term from that date.

Tory Prime Minister Henry Addington led a war-time administration of pro-government Whigs and Tories, collectively referred to as the "Addingtonians",[1] in office during part of the Napoleonic Wars.

On 25 March 1802 the Treaty of Amiens brought about peace with France, with which Great Britain had been at war since 1792.

In the election the combination of the followers of Addington and Pitt comfortably defeated the Opposition Whigs of Charles James Fox.