Colonel the Hon Leslie Richard Bagnall Addington, DFC, RA 1923-2021

Colonel the Hon Leslie Addington, DFC, who died 6 August, 2021, aged 97, was a scion of the Viscounts Sidmouth, descended from Henry Addington, 1st Viscount, prime minister in Regency England.

He was born 20 September, 1923, a younger son of the 6th Viscount Sidmouth [1887-1976], and his wife the former Gladys Mary Dever Hughes [died 1983], and married 25 June, 1955, Anne Hume, daughter of Capt Trevor Hume, by whom he had issue, four children, William, Richard Sarah [Suki], and Alice.

He served in the Second World War, and gained the rank of officer in the 2nd Indian Airborne Division. He served with his reginemtn in the Malaya Emergency in 1948, and the Korean War 1951-52. He was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross (D.F.C.) in 1952. He was Lieutenant-Colonel of the Essex Yeomanry between 1965 and 1966.

Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth [1757-1844] > 2nd Viscount Sidmouth [1794-1864] > 3rd Viscount Sidmouth [1824-1913] > 4th Viscount Sidmouth [1854-1915] > 6th Viscount Sidmouth [1887-1976] > Hon Leslie Addington [1923-2021]

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