Michael Addison, 3rd Viscount Addison (12 April 1914 – 23 March 1992), was a British civil servant and academic. Addison was the second son of

Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison Christopher Addison, 1st Viscount Addison, (19 June 1869 – 11 December 1951), was a British medical doctor and politician. A member of the Liberal and Labour parties, he served as Minister of Munitions during the First World War and was late ...

, and his first wife, Isobel Mackinnon Gray. His father, a physician and politician, was created a viscount in 1945. He was educated at

Hele's School, Exeter Hele's School was a boys' grammar school, and latterly a comprehensive school, in the city of Exeter, Devon, England. Elize Hele’s bequest Elize Hele was born in 1560 at Winston Manor near Plympton, Devon. He was a lawyer of the Inner Templ ...

, and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the f ...

. He was in the

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between 1936 and 1965. He served as an intelligence officer in the Second World War between 1941 and 1945 as a Flying Officer with the

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve The Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR) was established in 1936 to support the preparedness of the U.K. Royal Air Force in the event of another war. The Air Ministry intended it to form a supplement to the Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF ...

. He was a senior lecturer between 1965 and 1976 in the

Polytechnic of Central London , mottoeng = The Lord is our Strength , type = Public , established = 1838: Royal Polytechnic Institution 1891: Polytechnic-Regent Street 1970: Polytechnic of Central London 1992: University of Westminster , endowment = £5.1 million ...

, School of Management Studies, London. He succeeded in the viscountcy on the death of his brother, who died with no male heir in 1976. Lord Addison married Kathleen Wand, daughter of the

Right Reverend The Right Reverend (abbreviated The Rt Revd, The Rt Rev'd, The Rt Rev.) is a style applied to certain religious figures. Overview *In the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church in Great Britain, it applies to bishops, except that ''The M ...

Sir

William Wand John William Charles Wand, (25 January 1885 – 16 August 1977) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Brisbane in Australia before returning to England to become the Bishop of Bath and Wells before becoming the Bishop of Lond ...

, on 22 August 1936, with whom he had the following children: *Hon. Eleanor Brigit Addison (b. 11 June 1938) *Hon. Caroline Ruth Addison (b. 30 July 1942) * William Matthew Wand Addison, 4th Viscount Addison (b. 13 June 1945) He died in 1992 and was succeeded by his only son.

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* 1914 births 1992 deaths People educated at Hele's School, Exeter Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Academics of the University of Westminster Royal Air Force officers Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Civil servants in the Ministry of Labour Civil servants in the Ministry of Supply Civil servants in the Ministry of Aviation Civil servants in HM Treasury

Michael Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian an ...

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