The Poor Fellow-Soldiers of Christ and of the Temple of Solomon, commonly known as the Knights Templar, the Order of the Temple or simply as Templars, were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders. The organisation existed for nearly two centuries during the Middle Ages. Charles Greenstreet Addison (died 1866) was an English barrister and historical, travel and legal writer. He was elected to the bar in 1842, joined the home circuit, and was a revising barrister for Kent. He wrote a History of the Knight Templars in 1842.