Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H. Frederic Boase
of the 4 founders of Typographical society of Newcastle; K.C. and K.T.S. of Portugal; F.L.S. 1823, F.S.A., F.R.G.S. 1830; author of Memoirs of life and writings of Luis de Camoens 1820, 2 vols; Lusitania illustrata notices of the history of Portugal, 2 parts 1842–46. (m. 3 Dec. 1812 Elizabeth dau. of Samuel Huthwaite of Seaton Delaval, she d. 5 July 1855). d. 9 Victoria terrace Jesmond road, Newcastle 27 Sep. 1855. bur. Jesmond cemetery 1 Oct. Dibdin’s Northern tour i, 369–91 (1838); Martin’s Catalogue of privately printed books 1834, 419–40.
Note.—His library which contained a probably unrivalled collection of books relating to Portugal was nearly entirely destroyed by fire 16 April 1849, the remainder was sold at Sotheby’s in London 22 May 1856.
ADCOCK, James. b. Eton 1778; chorister in St. George’s chapel Windsor and Eton college chapel 1786; lay clerk in St. George’s chapel 1797 and in Eton college chapel 1799; member of choirs of Trinity, St John’s and King’s colleges Cambridge; master of the choristers of King’s college; published several of his glees and The rudiments of singing, with about 30 solfeggi to assist persons wishing to sing at sight. d. Union road, Cambridge 30 April 1860.
ADDAMS, Jesse (son of Richard Addams of Rotherhithe, shipbuilder). b. 1 Jany. 1786; ed. Merchant Taylor’s sch. 1793; at St. John’s coll. Ox. 1804; B.C.L. 1810, D.C.L. 1814; admitted a proctor at Doctors Commons 3 Nov. 1814; Q.C. Jany. 1858; author of “Reports of cases argued and determined in the ecclesiastical courts at Doctors Commons and in the high court of delegates,” 3 vols. 1823–26. d. 224 Marylebone road, London 25 May 1871.
ADDERLEY, Arden, entered navy 4 June 1796; Captain 19 July 1814; went on half pay 1 Oct. 1846; retired admiral 16 June 1862. d. Hams lodge, Ryde, Isle of Wight 15 Jany 1864.
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.
ADDISON, Henry Robert. b. Calcutta; cornet 2 dragoon guards 12 July 1827; lieut. 15 March 1831 to 21 June 1833 when placed on half pay; began writing for the stage 1830; author of about 60 dramas and farces; lessee of Queen’s theatre London Aug. 1836–1837; wrote many songs and articles in monthly magazines; edited Who’s Who 1849–50; special correspondent of a morning paper at Paris exhibition 1867; deputy chairman of London steamboat company; author of about 12 novels and stories. d. Albion st. Hyde park, London 24 June 1876 aged 71. Dublin Univ. Mag. xviii, 505 (1841) portrait.
ADDISON, John (son of John Addison of Preston, recorder of Clitheroe who d. 1837 in his 83 year, by Agnes dau. of Thomas Batty of Avenham house, Preston). b. Fishergate, Preston 21 April 1791; ed. at Blanchard’s school, Nottingham; articled with Aspden and Shuttleworth of Preston, solicitors; barrister Inner Temple 6 Feb. 1818; went northern circuit; recorder of Clitheroe 1837 to death; judge of county court number 4 circuit, Lancashire March 1847 to death; his first court was held at Blackburn 7 June 1847; presented with valuable piece of plate by registrars of his circuit 1857; alderman of Preston 25 Sep. 1832, again 27 Feb. 1846; mayor 1833 and 1843; councillor for St. John’s ward 1842. d. Winckley sq. Preston 14 July 1859. bur. St. Leonard’s ch. Balderston 20 July.
ADDISON, Joseph (youngest son of Rev. Wm. Addison, R. of Dinsdale, Durham). b. 1789; ed. at gr. sch. Richmond, Yorkshire and Lincoln coll. Ox., B.A. 1811, M.A. 1813; barrister Inner Temple 28 Jany. 1831; went northern circuit; bencher of his inn 1857. (m. 28 Dec. 1824 Jane 1 dau. of Thomas Beckett of Thornton le Moor near Northallerton). d. 7 Dean’s yard, Westminster 10 April 1858.
ADDISON, Laura, stage name of Laura Wilmshurst (dau. of Thomas Wilmshurst of Colchester, grocer). b. Colchester 15 Nov. 1822; first appeared on stage at Worcester theatre, Nov. 1843, as Lady Townley in The provoked husband; played at Glasgow, Dublin and Edinburgh; at Sadlers Wells theatre, London 26 Aug. 1846 to 1848; at Drury lane 26 Dec. 1849 to 1850; at the Haymarket 6 March 1851 to 31 July 1851; made her first appearance in New York, at the Broadway theatre 29 Sep. 1851, as Lady Teazle in The school for scandal. d. from congestion of the brain, on board the steamer Oregon, between Albany and New York 3 Sep. 1852, bur. in Second Avenue burying-ground, New York. Theatrical Times, i, 185 (1847) portrait; Tallis’s Drawing room table book (1851) 23–24, portrait.
ADDISON, Thomas (younger son of Joseph Addison of Long Benton, near Newcastle, grocer, who d. 1823 aged 67, by Sarah dau. of Mr. Shaw of Newcastle, grocer, she d. 1841 aged 80). b. Long Benton, April 1793; ed. at Newcastle gr. school, and Univ. of Edin.; M.D. 1 Aug. 1815; pres. of royal medical society of Edin. 1814; house surgeon to Lock hospital, London; L.R.C.P. 22 Dec. 1819 and F.R.C.P. 4 July 1838; a medical officer of general dispensary 8 years; assistant phys. at Guy’s hospital 1824 and phys. 1837–60; lecturer on Materia Medica there 1827–37; and on practice of medicine 1837–60; pres. of royal medico-chirurgical society 1849 and 1850; discovered disease of the supra renal capsules, called after him “Addison’s disease.” Author of The elements of the practice of medicine, vol. 1 only 1839; On the constitutional and local effects of disease of the supra renal capsules 1855. (m. 14 Sep. 1847 Elizabeth Catherine, widow of W. W. Hanxwell, she d. 30 May 1872 aged 72); placed under medical care, May 1860; attempted to destroy himself several times. d. 29 June 1860 at 15 Wellington villas, Brighton, from injuries caused by jumping down the area there, 27 June, buried near north eastern corner of Lanercost abbey churchyard 5 July; A collection of the published writings of the late Thomas Addison, M.D. 1868; H. Lonsdale’s Worthies of Cumberland, iv, 239–72 (1873) portrait; Munk’s Roll of physicians, 2 ed. iii, 205–211 (1878).
Note.—A bust of him by Joseph Towne, is in the pathological museum of “Guys,” one of the medical wards in new portion of the hospital is named after him, and in the chapel there is a marble tablet to his memory.
ADDISON, Thomas Batty (eld. son of John Addison of Preston, barrister who d. Nov. 1837 in 83 year, by Agnes dau. of Thomas Batty of Avenham house, Preston). b. Fishergate, Preston 17 June