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Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-HBoase, Frederic
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Modern English biography, volume 1 (of 4), A-H
Boase, Frederic
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ADDINGTON, HENRY UNWIN (_2 son of John Hiley Addington, M.P., P.C.
who d. 11 June 1818, by Mary dau. of Henry Unwin, she d. 3 Sep.
1833_). _b._ Blount’s Court near Henley on Thames 24 March 1790;
ed. at Winchester; envoy extraord. and min. plenipo. at Madrid 10
Oct. 1829 to 2 Nov. 1833; permanent under secretary of state for
foreign affairs 4 March 1842 to 9 April 1854; P.C. 15 April 1854;
F.R.G.S. 1861 and member of council 1861–70. (_m._ 17 Nov. 1836
Eleanor Anne Bucknall eld. dau. of Thomas Grimston Bucknall
Estcourt of Estcourt Gloucs, she _d._ 17 Oct. 1877). _d._ 78 Eaton
place London 6 March 1870.
ADDIS, BERNARD. _b._ London 28 Feb. 1791; entered Society of Jesus
at Hodder 14 Oct. 1817; ordained priest at Maynooth college 1 June
1822; procurator at Mount St. Mary’s college, Derbyshire 1852–59;
assistant missioner at Skipton, Yorkshire 1863–73. _d._ the
Novitiate, Manresa house, Roehampton, Surrey 1 Oct. 1879.
ADDISON, REV. BERKELEY (_son of Rev. Joseph Addison of Weymouth_);
ed. at Reading gr. sch. and St. Peter’s coll. Cam., B.A. 1839,
M.A. 1842; R. of Collyhurst, Manchester 1855–60; domestic chaplain
to Earl Caithness 1856 to death; surrogate 1861; V. of Jesmond,
Northumberland 1861 to death; member of Newcastle upon Tyne school
board 25 Jan. 1871 and vice chairman; hon. canon of Durham 1877 to
death. _d._ Jesmond vicarage 13 Jany. 1882 in 67 year.
ADDISON, CHARLES GREENSTREET (_youngest son of Wm. Dering Addison of
Newark house, Maidstone_); barrister Inner Temple 10 June 1842;
went home circuit; revising barrister for East Kent; author of
_The history of the knights templars, the Temple church and the
Temple_ 1842, _3 ed._ 1852; _A treatise on the law of contracts, 2
vols._ 1845–47, _8 ed._ 1883; _Wrongs and their remedies_ 1860, _5
ed._ 1879. (_m._ 19 Nov. 1848 Frances Octavia 8 dau. of James
Wolfe Murray, Lord Cringletie). _d._ 29 Alfred place west, Thurloe
square London 19 Feb. 1866.
ADDISON, EDWARD PHILLIPS, stage name of Edward Philip Haddy. _b._
Plymouth Dock (name changed to Devonport 1 Jany. 1824) 24 Feb.
1809; acted in the provinces; first appeared in London at Lyceum
theatre 1 April 1839 in “Dark Events”; acted at Drury Lane,
Olympic, Prince of Wales’s and Lyceum theatres; played Pickwick in
Albery’s dramatic version of it at Lyceum theatre 23 Oct. 1871 to
Nov. 1871; lessee of Doncaster theatre many years. _d._ Plymouth
16 April 1874. _bur._ there 19 April.
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