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Francis H. Champneys

Short Name: Francis H. Champneys
Full Name: Champneys, Francis Henry, 1848-1930
Birth Year: 1848
Death Year: 1930

Born: March 25, 1848, in the rec­to­ry of St. Ma­ry’s, White­cha­pel, Lon­don, Eng­land.
Died: Ju­ly 30, 1930, Nutley, Sus­sex, Eng­land.

Francis’ fa­ther was Will­iam Champ­neys, Ca­non of St. Paul’s, and lat­er Dean of Lich­field. Fran­cis was ed­u­cat­ed at Win­chest­er Coll­ege and Brase­nose Coll­ege, Ox­ford (MA & MB 1875, MD lat­er). An am­a­teur mu­si­cian, he stu­died un­der John Goss, held var­i­ous mu­sic­al po­si­tions from 1880 to 1913, and chaired the Cen­tral Mid­wives’ Board (1903-30). He was made a Bar­o­net in 1910.

--www.hymntime.com/tch/


TextsTunesHymnalsRecommendations
Tunes by Francis H. Champneys (10)sort descendingAsInstancesIncipit
ASSISI (Champneys)F. H. Champneys, 1848- (Composer)354332 16544 32345
[Come let us all sweet Carols sing]Frank Champneys (Composer)051675 51675 37164
[O be joyful in the Lord, all ye lands] (Champneys)Champneys (Composer)131245 42171
[Praise the Lord, sing Hallelujah] (Champneys)Dr. Champneys (Composer)255133 21231 34513
ST. DOMINICDr. Champneys (Composer)134565 14323 32345
ST. JEROME (Champneys)Francis H. Champneys (Composer)256543 45221 32345
ST. VERONICA (Champneys)Francis Henry Champneys (Composer)953234 21513 217
THE THREE KINGSFrank Champneys, M.A., M.D. (Composer)254365 17654 32133
SÂLESFrank Champney (Composer)351243 21734 54332
XAVIER (Champneys)Francis Henry Champneys (Composer)515642 53332 57656
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