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Godfrey, Daniel (1831–1903), army officer, bandmaster, and composer  

J. C. Hadden

revised by James Falkner

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Godfrey, Daniel (1831–1903), army officer, bandmaster, and composer, was a member of a family of English military bandmasters. The eldest of four sons of Charles Godfrey (1790–1863), bandmaster of the Coldstream Guards for fifty years, he was born at Westminster on 4 September 1831. His eldest brother, ...

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Gurney, Ivor Bertie (1890–1937)

Gurney, Ivor Bertie (1890–1937)  

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Ivor Bertie Gurney (1890–1937) by unknown photographer © reserved; The British Library; photograph National Portrait Gallery, London

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Gurney, Ivor Bertie (1890–1937), composer and poet  

Michael Hurd

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Gurney, Ivor Bertie (1890–1937), composer and poet, was born at 3 Queen Street, Gloucester, on 28 August 1890, the elder son and second in the family of two boys and two girls of David Gurney (1872–1919), proprietor of a small tailoring business, and his wife, ...

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Hume, Tobias (b. in or before 1569, d. 1645), composer and army officer  

Frank Traficante

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Hume, Tobias (b. in or before 1569, d. 1645), composer and army officer, is of unknown parentage. As a professional soldier he appears to have served in the Swedish and Russian armies, and as a viol player he published two important volumes of music, principally for the lyra viol....

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Morris, Charles (1745–1838), army officer and songwriter  

Patrick Waddington

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Morris, Charles (1745–1838), army officer and songwriter, was born probably near Cork, the fourth son of Captain Thomas Morris (d. c.1752), author of the song 'Kitty Crowder', and his wife, Mary (1709?–1804). The family was originally Welsh. After his father's death, ...

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Morris, Thomas (bap. 1732, d. 1818?), army officer, songwriter, and translator  

Patrick Waddington

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Reid [formerly Robertson], John (1722?–1807), army officer and composer  

Christopher D. S. Field

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Reid [formerly Robertson], John (1722?–1807), army officer and composer, was probably born on 2 February 1722 at Inverchroskie, near Kirkmichael, Perthshire, the eldest of the three sons of Alexander Robertson of Straloch (c.1695–1781?) and his wife, Susan or Susanna (...

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Reid, John (1722?–1807)

Reid, John (1722?–1807)  

Maker: George Watson

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John Reid (1722?–1807) attrib. George Watson, 1805 courtesy of the University of Edinburgh's Collections