The British Musical Biography

[E] Brownsmith, John Leman, organist,
was born at Westminster, in 1809. Chorister
at Westminster Abbey under Greatorex, with
whom he studied the organ. Organist of
St. John's Church, Waterloo Road, London,
1829, an appointment he was compelled to
resign when made Lay-vicar of Westminster
Abbey, in 1838, because the vestry refused to
allow him to have a deputy when on duty
at the Abbey. Organist to Sacred Harmonic
Society, 1848 ; organist at Handel Festivals
of 1857, 1859, 1862, and 1865 ; organist of St.
Gabriel, Pimlico. He died at London, Sept.
14, 1866.

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