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Allon, Henry Erskine (1864–1897), composer
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Bainton, Edgar Leslie (1880–1956), composer and conductor
Michael Jones
Bainton, Edgar Leslie (1880–1956), composer and conductor, was born on 14 February 1880 at 2 Florence Villas, De Beauvoir Square, Hackney, London, the second son among the three children of the Revd George Bainton, a Congregational minister, and his wife, Mary Cave, both Londoners by birth. They moved to ...
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Davies, Sir (Henry) Walford (1869–1941), composer and organist
Jeremy Dibble
Davies, Sir (Henry) Walford (1869–1941), composer and organist, was born on 6 September 1869 in Willow Street, Oswestry, Shropshire, the seventh child and fourth surviving son of John Whitridge Davies (d. 1885), accountant, and his wife, Susannah, daughter of Thomas Gregory, jeweller. After attending ...
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Davies, Sir (Henry) Walford (1869–1941)
Maker: Walter Stoneman
Sir (Henry) Walford Davies (1869–1941) by Walter Stoneman, 1936 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Ford, David Everard (1797–1875), Congregational minister and composer
John Brown
revised by Ian Sellers
Ford, David Everard (1797–1875), Congregational minister and composer, was born on 13 September 1797 at Long Melford, Suffolk, where his father, David Ford, was Independent minister. After an apprenticeship in London he entered Wymondley College, London, in 1816, where Thomas Binney was a fellow student. While still a student ...
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German, Sir Edward [formerly German Edward Jones] (1862–1936), composer
Brian Rees
German, Sir Edward [formerly German Edward Jones] (1862–1936), composer, was born German Edward Jones at St Mary's Street, Whitchurch, Shropshire, on 17 February 1862, the second child and elder son of John David Jones, a liquor merchant, and his wife, Betsey (Elizabeth) Cox (...
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German, Sir Edward (1862–1936)
Maker: Flora Lion
Sir Edward German (1862–1936) by Flora Lion, c. 1912 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Jackson, William (1815–1866), composer and choral conductor
Clive Brown
Jackson, William (1815–1866), composer and choral conductor, born at Masham, Yorkshire, on 9 January 1815, was the son of John Jackson, a miller, of Tanfield. As a child, encouraged by his parents, he taught himself to play the fife and the flute. Having been sent to boarding-school in ...
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Lloyd, John Ambrose (1815–1874), composer
Rhidian Griffiths
Lloyd, John Ambrose (1815–1874), composer, was born John Lloyd at Mold, Flintshire, on 14 June 1815, the second son of Enoch Lloyd, a joiner and cabinet maker, and his wife, Catherine, née Ambrose. He took an interest in music as a boy, and sang as a chorister, though he never had any formal training. About 1831, his father having become a Baptist minister in ...
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Luke [née Thompson], Jemima (1813–1906), hymn writer
J. C. Hadden
revised by Rosemary Mitchell
Luke [née Thompson], Jemima (1813–1906), hymn writer, daughter of Thomas Thompson (1785–1865) and Elizabeth Pinckney (d. 1837), was born at Islington, London, on 19 August 1813. Her father was one of the pioneers of the Bible Society, assisted in the formation of the ...
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Lynch, Thomas Toke (1818–1871), hymn writer and composer
J. C. Hadden
revised by Leon Litvack
Lynch, Thomas Toke (1818–1871), hymn writer and composer, was born at Dunmow, Essex, on 5 July 1818, the son of John Burke Lynch, a surgeon. He was educated at a school in Islington, London, where he was afterwards an usher. In 1841 he became a Sunday school teacher and district visitor, occasionally preaching and giving lectures on sight-singing and temperance. In 1843 he entered ...
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Midlane, Albert (1825–1909), hymn writer
Alexander Gordon
revised by Leon Litvack
Midlane, Albert (1825–1909), hymn writer, was born at Carisbrooke, Isle of Wight, on 23 January 1825, the posthumous child and youngest of the large family of James Midlane (d. October 1824) and his wife, Frances Lawes, a member of the Congregational church...
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Parson [née Rooker], Elizabeth (1812–1873), hymn writer
J. C. Hadden
revised by Rosemary Mitchell
Parson [née Rooker], Elizabeth (1812–1873), hymn writer, daughter of William Rooker (1772–1852), Congregational minister of Tavistock, Devon, and his wife, Elizabeth Angas of Bridport, was born at Tavistock on 5 June 1812. From 1840 to 1844 she conducted a class for young people in her father's chapel, and for them she wrote several hymns, which came into use in a number of collections, which included the Baptist ...
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Rawson, George (1807–1889), hymn writer
J. C. Hadden
revised by Leon Litvack
Rawson, George (1807–1889), hymn writer, was born in Park Square, Leeds, on 5 June 1807 into a Congregationalist family. Educated at Clunie's School, Manchester, he was articled to a firm of Leeds solicitors, and ultimately practised for himself. Retiring from business, he went to ...
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Stephen, Edward Jones [pseud. Tanymarian] (1822–1885), composer
D. L. Thomas
revised by Trevor Herbert
Stephen, Edward Jones [pseud. Tanymarian] (1822–1885), composer, was the son of Robert Jones and Jane Stephen of Rhyd-y-sarn, near Maentwrog, Merioneth, where he was born in November 1822. He was baptized Edward Jones at St Michael's Church, Ffestiniog, on 15 December 1822, but adopted his grandfather's name ...
