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(1) Sir H. Rowley, London, Nov. 18, 1786—April 30, 1855; noted Engl. composer; pupil of Bianca; his first opera, ‘‘The Circa ian Bride,” was prod. Drury Lane, when he was 20; 1810-11 comp. and cond. at Covent Garden; 1813 alternate cond. Philh. Soc.; 1825 cond. at Drury Lane; 1830 musical dir. at Vauxhall; 1841-43, prof. music, Edinburgh; knighted, 1842; 1848 prof. of music at Oxford; 1853, Mus. Doc. (Oxon); prod. over 80 operas, farces, ballets, an oratorio, cantata, etc. (2) J. b. Cheltenham, 1814; organist, editor, and composer. (3) Ann, or Anna, London, 1814—New York, March 18, 1884; soprano; daughter of Jules Riviére; married Sir Henry Bishop, 1831, deserted him for the harpist Bochsa, with whom she toured the world in concert; after his death, in 1856, she married a Mr. Schulz.