Henry Robert Addison (1805–1876), sometimes erroneously called Captain Addison, was born in
Calcutta
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. He became a
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in the
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on 12 July 1827, and was promoted to lieutenant on 15 March 1831, which rank he held until 21 June 1833, when he was placed on
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. He began writing for the stage in 1830 and was the author of about sixty dramas and farces. He was lessee of
Queen's Theatre, London from August 1836 to 1837. He wrote many songs and articles in monthly magazines. He was author of about twelve novels and stories. He edited ''
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'' from 1849 to 1850. He was special correspondent of a morning paper at the Paris exhibition in 1867. He was deputy chairman of London steamboat company. He died at Albion St., Hyde Park, London, on 24 June 1876, aged 71.
Frederic Boase
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Family
He was born at Lariggan, Penzance, Cornwall to John Josias Arthur Boase (1801–1896), banker, and his wife, Charlotte née Scholl (1802–1873) ...
. "Addison, Henry Robert" in ''Modern English Biography''. 1892. Volume 1. Page 1819
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References
*"Our Portrait Gallery, No. XXIII: Henry R. Addison, Esquire" (1841) 18 Dublin University Magazin
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Portrait on p 504.
*Daryll Grantley. "Addison, Henry Robert" in ''Historical Dictionary of British Theatre: Early Period''. Scarecrow Press. 2013
Page 26
*Carty, T J. "Addison, Henry Robert" in ''Dictionary of Literary Pseudonyms in the English Language''. Routledge. 2015
Page 247
*"Addison H. R." The Era Almanack, 1868. Second Edition. Conducted by Edward Ledger. Catherine Street, Strand, London. 1868
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*Elisabeth Jay. British Writers and Paris: 1830-1875. Oxford University Press. 2016. Page
86
90 and 91.
*Houghton and Slingerland. "Addison, Henry Robert" in ''The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals, 1824-1900''. University of Toronto Press. 1989. Volume 5
Page 7
*Sudduth, Carr and Roy. "Tam o' Shanter: A Comic Drama in Two Acts" in ''The G. Ross Roy Collection of Robert Burns: An Illustrated Catalogue''. The University of South Carolina Press
Page 145
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1805 births
1876 deaths
British people in colonial India