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Albert Christopher Addison (22 April 1862 – 24 May 1935) was an English writer born in 1862 in Northallerton, Yorkshire. In 1868, his father Daniel Addison founded the Tamworth Herald newspaper.

Prison sentence

In September 1896, Addison was sentenced to six months hard labour at the Old Bailey for forging and uttering an order for the payment of £2 5s., with intent to defraud. He was also charged with stealing two spirit levels and other articles of Henry Robert Bicknell, his master.

Bibliography

Books

  • The Story of the Birkenhead 1902 published by the Gresham Press Unwin Brothers Ltd 27 Pilgrim Street London E C.
  • A Deathless Story of The Birkenhead and its heroes. A full account of the HMS Birkenhead (1845) disaster. Paternoster Row London: Hutchinson & Co. 1906. ISBN 9781843420576. co-authored with W H Matthews
  • The Romantic Story of the Mayflower Pilgrims. Boston: L C Page. 1911. ISBN 9781331542643.
  • The Romantic Story Of The Puritan Fathers And Their Founding Of New Boston And The Massachusetts Bay Colony. Boston: L C Page. ISBN 9781247064215.
  • The Boston Guidebook 1923 published by Wing Boston Lincs.
  • The Ancient Guildhall: Extract from the "Boston Guide Book" 1930 published by Wing Boston Lincs.
  • Addison also wrote a book on the Lincolnshire Civil War Period but was never published due to the First World War.

References

  1. "A little Herald history - Journalism News from HoldtheFrontPage".
  2. Old Bailey Proceedings Online, Trial of Albert Christopher Addison. (t18960908-639, 8 September 1896).
  3. Old Bailey Proceedings Online, Trial of Albert Christopher Addison. (t18960908-620, 8 September 1896).
  4. Lincolnshire Standard newspaper 13 June 1931 pg 11 “Mr A.C. Addison gives his life story”

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