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CROSDILL, JOHN; b.; adm.; chorister; studied the cello with Jean Pierre Dupont; member, Royal Society of Musicians 4 Dec 1768; principal cellist, Concerts of Ancient Music 1776; violist, Chapel Royal, from 10 Mar 1778; in Italy with Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam, Oct 1778; Chamber Musician to Queen Charlotte 1782, principal cellist, Handel Festival, Westminster Abbey 1782; retired from musical profession after his marriage; m. 31 May 1785 Elizabeth Colebrooke, widow; d. Oct 1825. DNB. Included in Record of Old Westminsters by Russell Barker & Stenning, but they cite no specific evidence that he attended the School proper, although he may have; Viscount Fitwilliam, described as a school friend, was in fact at Charterhouse].
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.