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KNYVETT, CHARLES, only son of Charles Knyvett, Westminster, and ---, dau. of --- Jordan, Westminster; b. 11 Feb 1751/2; adm. 1762; chorister; in school lists 1764; member, Royal Society of Musicians, from 4 Jan 1778; one of the principal alto singers at the Handel Commemoration 1784; a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal 6 Nov 1786-1808; directed oratorio performances at Covent Garden 1789; established the Vocal Concerts at Willis’s Rooms 1791; Organist of the Chapel Royal 25 Jul 1796; for many years Secretary to the Noblemen’s and Gentlemen’s Catch Club; considered “one of the best singers of glees” and “perhaps the best catch singer in England” (Parke, Musical Memoirs, ii, 77, 236); m. 16 Jun 1772 Rose, dau. of William Alleway, Sonning, Berks.; d. 19 Jan 1822. DNB.
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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.