Composer. Born in King Street, Covent Garden.
Wrote "Rule Britannia" in the Dove Pub, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, it is said. Buried in St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden.
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Thomas Augustine Arne
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Sir Edward Elgar
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