WAINWRIGHT, John, a native of Stockport, Cheshire, settled in Manchester about the middle of last century, and on May 12, 1767, was appointed organist and singing man of the Collegiate Church, now the Cathedral. He composed anthems, chants, and psalm-tunes, a collection of which he published in 1766. He died .
His son, Robert, Mus. Doc., born , accumulated the degrees of Mus. Bac. and Mus. Doc. at Oxford, April 29, 1774. On March 1, 1775, he was appointed organist...