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See also:INCLEDON, See also:CHARLES See also:BENJAMIN (1763–1826) , See also:English See also:singer, son of a See also:doctor in See also:Cornwall, began as a See also:choir-boy at See also:Exeter, but then went into the See also:navy. His See also:fine See also:tenor See also:voice,however, attracted See also:general See also:attention, and in 1783 he determined to seek his See also:fortune on the See also:stage. After various provincial appearances he made a See also:great success in 1790 at Covent See also:Garden, and thenceforth was the See also:principal English tenor of his See also:day. He sang both in See also:opera and in See also:oratorio, but his See also:chief popularity See also:lay in his delivery of See also:ballads, such as " Sally in our See also:Alley," " See also:Black-eyed Susan," " The See also:Arethusa," and anything of a bold and manly type. He toured in See also:America in 1817; and on retiring in 1822 from the operatic stage, he travelled through the provinces with an entertainment called " The Wandering Melodist." He died of See also:paralysis at See also:Worcester on the 11th of See also:February 1826.
End of Article: INCLEDON, CHARLES BENJAMIN (1763–1826)
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