William Matthew Wand Addison, 4th Viscount Addison (born 13 June 1945), is a

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peer. The son of Michael Addison, 3rd Viscount Addison, he succeeded the Viscountcy on the death of his father in 1992. He was educated at

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and

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. In the

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, Viscount Addison had sat as a

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peer until the

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removed his automatic right to sit in the House. He stood for election as an elected hereditary peer (and therefore possessing the right to continue to sit). However, he finished 47th amongst the Conservative peers (a total of 42 Conservative peers were elected). He has stood in subsequent by-elections for election to the House, but to date has been unsuccessful. On 10 October 1970, he married Joanna Mary Dickinson, with whom he had the following children: *Hon. Sarah Louise Addison (b. 1971) *Hon. Paul Wand Addison (b. 1973) *Hon. Caroline Amy Addison (b. 1979) In 1991, he married Lesley Ann Mawer.

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* 1945 births Living people People educated at Westminster School, London People educated at King's School, Bruton Conservative Party (UK) hereditary peers

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