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== Early Life ==

Addis was the fourth of the thirteen children of Sir Charles and Lady Addis née Elizabeth Jane McIsaac<ref>{{Cite book|title=Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry|last=Townend|first=Peter|publisher=Burke's Peerage Ltd|year=1965-1972|isbn=9781148282930|___location=London|pages=}}</ref>. She would later cite her numerous siblings, nieces and nephews as a starting point for her interest in child psychology.<ref name=":1" /> The family resided at the country estate Woodside in Frant, Sussex.<ref>{{Cite journal|title=Addis, Sir Charles Stewart (1861–1945), banker and government adviser {{!}} Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-38334|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-38334}}</ref>

One of her brothers, [[Sir John Mansfield Addis]], was a diplomat in later life.