Perrot, Robert (c. 1478–1550), church musician and land speculator, was the second son of George Perrot, gentleman, of Haroldston, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire, and Isabel Langdale of Langdale, near Scarborough, Yorkshire. He was born at Hackness, immediately neighbouring Langdale. Of his education and musical training nothing is known, though an early connection with ...
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Ernest Albert Whitfield, first Baron Kenswood (1887–1963) by Walter Stoneman, 1951 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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E. T. Boulter
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Whitfield, Ernest Albert, first Baron Kenswood (1887–1963), violinist and economist, was born on 15 September 1887 in London, the younger son of John Henry Christopher Whitfield of London and his wife, Louisa, daughter of Michael Farren of Copenhagen. He was educated at Archbishop Tenison's School...
