No­vem­ber 23, 1765, Lon­don, Eng­land.

March 24, 1838, at his home in Cheyne Walk, Chel­sea, Eng­land.

Under the or­gan in St. Paul’s Ca­thed­ral, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Son of a mu­sician, Att­wood be­came a chor­is­ter in the Cha­pel Roy­al at age nine. At age 16, he went to It­a­ly to stu­dy, stay­ing in Na­ples (1783), and lat­er in Vi­en­na, where he stu­died un­der Mo­zart. Re­turn­ing to Eng­land in 1787, he be­gan play­ing the or­gan at St. George the Martyr in Queen Square. He be­came mu­sic teach­er to the Du­chess of York in 1791, to the Prin­cess of Wales in 1795, or­gan­ist at St. Paul’s Ca­thed­ral in 1796, and com­pos­er to the Cha­pel Roy­al in 1796.

• Colles, Volume I, pp. 135-6

1. Attwood