Life Outside Football
In 1876, Maddison became a barrister and was called to the bar, but in 1884 he was disbarred at his own request, so that he could practice as a solicitor.
On 14 April 1883 he married Katharine Mary Adela Tindal, at Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, London. They had two children, Diana Marion Adela and Noel Cecil Guy, born in 1886 and 1888 respectively. His wife was a composer, usually known as Adela Maddison.
From around 1894, the couple played a major part in encouraging and facilitating the entry onto the London musical scene of the French composer Gabriel Fauré. Frederick was then working for a music publishing company, Metzler, which obtained a contract to publish Fauré's music during 1896–1901. Fauré was a friend of the family and in 1896 vacationed at their residence in Saint-Lunaire, Brittany. From 1898 Maddison and his wife lived separately, with Adela residing in Paris; she may have had a romantic liaison with Fauré.
Frederick Maddison died in Germany on 25 September 1907, at Moabit Hospital, Berlin.
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