Biography of Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison 1869-1951

On 19th June 1868 Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison was born.

On 25th March 1902 Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison (age 33) and Isobel Gray were married.

On 8th December 1904 [his son] Christopher Addison 2nd Viscount Addison was born to Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison (age 36) and [his wife] Isobel Gray. He married 10th September 1928 Brigit Williams Viscountess Addison.

On 12th April 1914 [his son] Michael Addison 3rd Viscount Addison was born to Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison (age 45) and [his wife] Isobel Gray. He married 22nd August 1936 Kathleen Wand, daughter of Bishop John William Wand and Amy Agnes Wiggins, and had issue.

On 10th September 1928 [his son] Christopher Addison 2nd Viscount Addison (age 23) and [his daughter-in-law] Brigit Williams Viscountess Addison were married.

On 22nd August 1934 [his wife] Isobel Gray died.

On 22nd August 1936 [his son] Michael Addison 3rd Viscount Addison (age 22) and [his daughter-in-law] Kathleen Wand were married. She the daughter of Bishop John William Wand (age 51) and Amy Agnes Wiggins (age 53).

The London Gazette 34408. Whitehall, June 11, 1937.

The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 22nd ultimo, to confer the dignity of a Barony of the United Kingdom upon the Right Honourable Christopher Addison (age 68), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Baron Addison, of Stallingborough in the County of Lincoln.

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On 4th November 1937 Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison (age 69) and Dorothy Low Viscountess Addison were married. She by marriage Baroness Addison of Stallingborough in Lincolnshire.

The London Gazette 37166. Whitehall, July 6, 1945.

The King has been pleased, by Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the Realm, bearing date the 2nd instant, to confer the dignity of a Viscounty of .the United Kingdom upon the Right Honourable Christopher, Baron Addison (age 77), and the heirs male of his body lawfully begotten, by the name, style and title of Viscount Addison, of Stallingborough in the County of Lincoln. [[his wife] Dorothy Low Viscountess Addison by marriage Viscountess Addison of Stallingborough in Lincolnshire]

In 1946 Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison (age 77) was appointed 895th Knight of the Garter by King George VI of the United Kingdom (age 50).

On 11th December 1951 Christopher Addison 1st Viscount Addison (age 83) died. His son Christopher (age 47) succeeded 2nd Viscount Addison of Stallingborough in Lincolnshire, 2nd Baron Addison of Stallingborough in Lincolnshire. Brigit Williams Viscountess Addison by marriage Viscountess Addison of Stallingborough in Lincolnshire.

On 3rd September 1982 [his former wife] Dorothy Low Viscountess Addison died.