ADDISON (Lancelot), son of Lancelot Addison a clergyman, was born at Mouldisneaburne, in the parish of Crosby Ravensworth in Westmoreland, in the year 1632. He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford; and at the Reformation of king Charles II. accepted of the chaplainship of the garrison of Dunkirk; but that fortress being delivered up to the French in 1662, he returned to England, and was soon after made chaplain to the garrison of Tangier; where he continued seven years, and was greatly esteemed. In 1670, he returned to England, and was made chaplain in ordinary to the king; but his chaplainship of Tangier being taken from him on account of his absence, he found himself straitened in his circumstances, when he seasonably obtained the rectory of Milton in Wiltshire, worth about 120l. per annum. He afterwards became a prebendary of Sarum; took his degree of doctor of divinity at Oxford; and in 1683 was made dean of Litchfield, and the next year archdeacon of Coventry. His life was exemplary; his conversation pleasing, and greatly instructive; and his behaviour as a gentleman, a clergyman, and a neighbour, did honour to the place of his residence. He wrote, 1. A Short Narrative of the Revolutions of the Kingdoms of Fez and Morocco: 2. The present History of the Jews: 3. A Discourse on Catechising: 4. A Modest Plea for the Clergy: 5. An Introduction to the Sacrament: 6. The first State of Mahometism: and several other pieces. This worthy divine died on the 20th of April 1703 and left three sons: Joseph, the subject of the next article; Gulston, who died while governor of Fort St George; Lancelot, master of arts, and fellow of Magdalen College in Oxford; and one daughter, first married to Dr. Sartre prebendary of Westminster, and afterwards to Daniel Comber, Esq.