Background
In 1868 his father Daniel Addison founded the Tamworth Herald newspaper.
In 1868 his father Daniel Addison founded the Tamworth Herald newspaper.
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.