Aberdeen, George Hamilton-Gordon, fourth Earl of (1784–1860); Scottish representative peer, 1806–14; ambassador-extraordinary at Vienna, 1813; cr. Viscount Gordon, 1814; Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in Wellington's Cabinet and afterwards Foreign Secretary, 1828–30; Secretary of State for War and the Colonies in Peel's Cabinet, 1834–5; Foreign Secretary in Peel's Cabinet, 1841–6; Prime Minister, 1852–5.

The Life of George, Fourth Earl of Aberdeen, by Lady Frances Balfour, 2 vols. (1922).

The Earl of Aberdeen, by Lord Stanmore (1893).

Adderley, Sir Charles Bowyer, see NORTON

Addison, Christopher, first Viscount (b. 1869); Liberal M.P., 1910–22; Labour M.P., 1929–31 and 1934–5; Parliamentary Secretary to the Board of Education in Asquith's Government, 1914–15; Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Munitions in Asquith's Coalition Government, 1915–16; Minister of Munitions, 1916–17, Minister of Reconstruction, 1917–19, President of the Local Government Board, 1919, Minister of Health, 1919–21, and Minister without Portfolio, all in Lloyd George's Government; Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture in MacDonald's Government, 1929–30; Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries in MacDonald's Cabinet, 1930–1; Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations, 1945–7 and Lord Privy Seal in Attlee's Cabinet.

Four-and-a-half Years, by the Rt. Hon. Christopher Addison, 2 vols. (1934).

Albert, Francis Charles Augustus Emmanuel, Prince Consort (1819–1861); m. Queen Victoria, 1840.

The Life of His Royal Highness the Prince Consort, by Theodore Martin, 5 vols. (1877–80).

The Prince Consort and His Brother, edited by Hector Bolitho (1933).