Lancelot Addison
Rev. Lancelot Addison (1632 - April 20, 1703) was born in Westmorland. He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford.
Rev. Addison worked at Tangier as a chaplin for seven years and upon his return he wrote "West Barbary, or a Short Narrative of the Revolutions of the Kingdoms of Fex and Morocco" (1671).
In 1670 he was appointed royal chaplin, in 1683 Dean of Lichfield, and in 1684 Archdeacon of Conventry.
Among his other works was "The Present State of the Jews" (1675).
He died in 1703 leaving three sons, Joseph Addison (poet), Lancelot Addison (who was an eminent scholar) and Gulston Addison (Governor of Madras).
Rev. Addison was buried in in Lichfield Cathedral in Staffordshire.
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