Person    | Male  Born 7/4/1726  Died 12/4/1814

Dr. Charles Burney

Categories: History, Music / songs

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.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

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

Read More

Wine Office Court

The Rhymers' Club is not specifically mentioned on the plaque but Ye Olde Che...

Read More

Other Subjects

Dr. James Cope

Dr. James Cope

Medical adviser to City Companies, with an interest in history, particularly John Wilkes. Cope promoted the erection of the statue.

Person, History, Medicine, Politics & Administration

1 memorial
Henry Brooks Adams

Henry Brooks Adams

Apart from the fact that he won a Pulitzer for "Education of Henry Adams," 1919, all that the web can supply for him is quotations. You might have better luck. We published this plaque in 2009 and...

Person, Education, History, Journalism / Publishing, USA

1 memorial
Highgate Society

Highgate Society

From the website: The Highgate Society was founded in 1966 by local people who had successfully fought Government plans to route heavy traffic through the heart of Highgate. The Highgate Society’s r...

Group, Community / Clubs, History

1 memorial
Elinor Quick

Elinor Quick

One of a list of 26 researchers involved in researching Hester Leggatt's background.

Person, History

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Lieutenant Edward Ernest Grimwade

Lieutenant Edward Ernest Grimwade

Edward Ernest Grimwade was born on 16 December 1885 in Blythe Bridge, Staffordshire, the third of the four children of Sidney Richard Grimwade (1854-1934) and Minnie Ellen Grimwade née Thompson (18...

Person, Armed Forces, France, Germany, India, Switzerland

War dead, WW1
2 memorials
Dennis Brain

Dennis Brain

Classical horn-player.  Born London into a family of horn-players.  Killed aged 36 when the sports car he was driving crashed in Hatfield, on the way back to London from an engagement in Edinburgh.

Person, Music / songs

1 memorial
Tallow Chandlers Hall

Tallow Chandlers Hall

In 1476 the Tallow Chandlers bought what was probably a merchant’s house on Dowgate Hill and used that as their Hall.  The Hall was destroyed in the Great Fire of 1666 and rebuilt 1671-3.  Damaged ...

Building, Liveries & Guilds, Property

1 memorial