1806 - 1876 Composer of "[Father, give thy benediction]" in The Spirit of Praise Dixon, Robert William. (Wapping, Middlesex, England, c.1805--December 6, 1876, Hastings, Sussex).
"To R.W. Dixon, Esq., J.P. and D.L. (Fellow of the Hist. Soc. of Gt. Br.), for a large number of must tuneful and original compositions from his private MSS."
-Preface, Burney Tune-Book. (1875). London: F. Pitman. [CASTLE EDEN is #168]
See also: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~elliff/p3.htm#i563 for Elliff name and variants in the UK for census information, which lists his occupation as follows:
Occupation 7 Apr 1861 J.P. & Commissioner of Taxes. (1861 Census Returns - RG9/3701).
--In part from DNAH Archives.
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