Born Shrewsbury. Music historian. Father of Fanny Burney. In 1783 he was appointed organist at Chelsea College where he lived for the rest of his life, dying there in 1814.
See Caroline's Miscellany for his memorial in St Paul's Deptford.
This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
Dr. Charles Burney
Commemorated ati
Sir Isaac Newton's house- detailed
plaque inside building at top of stairway directly facing entrance
Wine Office Court
The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...
Other Subjects
Joseph Ritson, FSA
Literary antiquarian. Born Co. Durham. Trained as a lawyer and from 1780 had chambers in Gray's Inn where he specialised in conveyancing. Odd in a number of ways: aged 20 converted to vegetarian...
1 memorial
Kathy Bolt
One of a list of 26 researchers involved in researching Hester Leggatt's background.
1 memorial
Crayford Manor House Historical Society
They don't seem to have a website of their own but we did find this: The Fabric of Our Town, "put together by Bexley Local Studies and Archive Centre, in partnership with Crayford Manor House Histo...
1 memorial
Roy Porter
Historian. Born Roy Sydney Porter at Foxholes, Hitchin, Hertfordshire. Published his first book 'The Making of Geology in Britain' in 1977. He was a lecturer at Cambridge and the Wellcome Institute...
1 memorial
William Lambard
Antiquarian, lawyer, politician and writer. His name was also spelt Lambarde. Born London, he studied law at Lincoln's Inn, wrote the 'Perambulation of Kent', (the first English county history) and...
1 memorial
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