Baines, Anthony Cuthbert, son of Cuthbert Edward Baines, a Principal at the India Office, and Margaret Clemency Lane, d. of Reginald Lane Poole FBA DLitt, Fellow of Magd. Coll. Oxford; b. 6 Oct. 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (KS); left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1930, BA 1933, MA 1970; Roy. Coll. of Music 1933-4; professional bassoonist; Roy. Tank Regt 1941-5 (Lieut.); wounded and p.o.w. Libya 1942; escaped in Italy Oct. 1943, but recaptured March 1944 and p.o.w. in Germany; transferred to Army Educ. Corps Aug. 1945; asst conductor Lond. Philharmonic Orchestra 1949; assoc. conductor Internat. Ballet Co. 1950-53; music staff Uppingham Sch. 1954-65, Dean Close Sch. 1965-70; editor of Musical Instruments Through the Ages 1961, author of Woodwind Instruments and their History 1957, Bagpipes 1960, European and American Musical Instruments 1966, Brass Instruments, their History and Development 1976; lecturer and curator Bate Collection of Historical Musical Instruments, Univ. of Oxf., 1970-80; Fellow Univ. Coll. Oxf. 1974-80; DLitt 1977; FBA 1980; m. 16 June 1960 Patricia Margaret Stammers.
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