Husband:
Alexander Lucas (1778-1860)
Wife:
Ann Prangley (c. 1767-1848)
Children:
Name:
Alexander Lucas
Sex:
Male
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Note:
LUCAS Alexander, 27 December 1860. The Will of Alexander Lucas late of Salisbury in the County of Wilts deceased who died 27 October 1860 at Salisbury aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of Charles Lucas of Berners Street Oxford Street in the County of Middlesex Principal of the Royal Academy of Music the Son and the sole Executor. Effects under £4,000. Resworn at the Stamp Office November 1861 under £3,000.
Birth:
1778
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Occupation:
1837 (age 58-59)
Mayor of Salisbury, 1837-38
Census (1):
1841 (age 62-63)
Music seller, Catherine Street, Salisbury
Census (2):
1851 (age 72-73)
Alderman & professor of music, Catherine Street, Salisbury (widower)
Death fact:
1860 (age 81-82)
1860 Dec Q, Salisbury, 5a/116
Death:
27 Oct 1860 (age 81-82)
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Name:
Ann Prangley
Sex:
Female
Father:
-
Mother:
-
Birth:
c. 1767
Heytesbury, Wiltshire
Death fact:
1848 (age 80-81)
1848 Sep Q, Salisbury, 8/257
Death:
1848 (age 80-81)
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Name:
Charles Lucas
Sex:
Male
Spouse:
Frances Short (1810-1866)
Children:
Adeline Lucas (1832-1843)
Stanley Lucas (1834-1903)
Radnor Lucas (1836-1927)
Marriette Lucas (1837-1837)
Frances Lucas (1838- )
Zoe Lucas (1840-1935)
Dorothy Lucas (1842-1843)
Kellow Lucas (1845-1890)
Edith Lucas (1847-1923)
Ida Lucas (1848-1918)
Barnard Lucas (1850-1936)
Jessie Lucas (1857-1862)
Note 1:
Charles Lucas studied cello under Richard Lindley and was also an organist and conductor. In 1832 he was appointed conductor at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 1839 organist of Hanover Chapel, Regent Street. In the 1851 census he was recorded as professor of harmony & composition at the Royal Academy of Music. He was Principal of the Royal Academy of Music between 1859 and 1866, and from 1856 to 1865 he was a member of the music publishing house of Addison, Hollier & Lucas. He composed an opera, "The Regicide", three symphonies, string quartets, anthems, songs, etc, and edited "Esther" (1851) for the Handel Society.
Amongst Lindley's pupils, CHARLES LUCAS, born 1808, in Salisbury, was the most remarkable. He received his first musical instruction as chorister of the Cathedral, under Arthur Thomas Corfe, after which he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1830 he was named Composer and Violoncellist to Queen Adelaide, and performed the duties of Organist at St. George's Chapel. Two years later be was entrusted with the duties of Orchestra Conductor at the Royal Academy of Music, and succeeded Cipriani Potter as Principal in 1859. He had already taken the place of his master, Lindley, as first Violoncellist of the Italian Opera. He died on March 23, 1869, in London. His successor in the Opera was the cellist, Collins.
http://www.cello.org/heaven/wasiel/19es.htm
Note 2:
LUCAS, CHARLES (1808-1869), musical composer, born at Salisbury 28 July 1808, was for eight years a chorister in the cathedral, and afterwards studied at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1830 he joined Queen Adelaide's private band, and about the same time became music preceptor to Prince George (now Duke) of Cambridge and the Princes of Saxe-Weimar. In 1832 he was appointed conductor at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 1839 organist of Hanover Chapel, Regent Street. He was for some time conductor of the Choral Harmonists' Society, and from 1840 to 1843 occasionally conducted at the Antient Concerts. From 1859 to 1866 he was principal of the Royal Academy of Music, and from 1856 to 1865 a member of the music-publishing house of Addison, Hollier, & Lucas. He was in much request as a violoncello player, and in that capacity succeeded Robert Lindley at the opera and the leading festivals and concerts. He composed an opera, 'The Regicide,' three symphonies, string quartets, anthems, songs, &c., and edited 'Esther' (1851) for the Handel Society. He died 23 March 1869, and was buried at Woking, Surrey.
[Grove's Dict. of Music, ii. 170, where the date of his death is erroneously given as 30 March; Musical Times, April and May 1869; Mag. of Music, October 1890, where his portrait is engraved.]
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 34
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lucas,_Charles_%281808-1869%29_%28DNB00%29
Note 3:
LUCAS Charles. 11 May 1869. The Will of Charles Lucas formerly of Berners Street Oxford Street in the County of Middlesex Principal of the Royal Academy of Music but late of Louvaine Road New Wandsworth in the County of Surrey Professor of Music deceased who died 23 March 1869 at Louvaine Road aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Stanley Lucas of 63 New Bond Street in the County of Middlesex aforesaid Music Seller and Radnor Lucas of Alton in the County of Southampton Bank Manager the Sons the surviving Executors. Effects under £3,000. Resworn at the Stamp Office December 1871 under £5,000.
Birth:
28 Jul 1808
Salisbury, Wiltshire
Occupation (1):
11 Jun 1833 (age 24)
Professor of music, 24 Charlotte St, Portland Place
Census (1):
1841 (age 32-33)
Music professor, Charlotte Street, St Marylebone
Occupation (2):
1847 (age 38-39)
Teacher of music, Charlotte St, Portland Place, Middlesex (mentioned in will of Charles Batten)
Census (2):
1851 (age 42-43)
Prof. of harmony & composition at the Royal Academy of Music
Census (3):
1851 (age 42-43)
54 Berners Street, Marylebone
Census (4):
1861 (age 52-53)
Musical publisher, 54 Berners St, Cavendish Square, Marylebone
Death:
23 Mar 1869 (age 60)
Louvaine Road, New Wandsworth, Surrey
LUCAS Alexander, 27 December 1860. The Will of Alexander Lucas late of Salisbury in the County of Wilts deceased who died 27 October 1860 at Salisbury aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oath of Charles Lucas of Berners Street Oxford Street in the County of Middlesex Principal of the Royal Academy of Music the Son and the sole Executor. Effects under £4,000. Resworn at the Stamp Office November 1861 under £3,000.
Charles Lucas studied cello under Richard Lindley and was also an organist and conductor. In 1832 he was appointed conductor at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 1839 organist of Hanover Chapel, Regent Street. In the 1851 census he was recorded as professor of harmony & composition at the Royal Academy of Music. He was Principal of the Royal Academy of Music between 1859 and 1866, and from 1856 to 1865 he was a member of the music publishing house of Addison, Hollier & Lucas. He composed an opera, "The Regicide", three symphonies, string quartets, anthems, songs, etc, and edited "Esther" (1851) for the Handel Society.
Amongst Lindley's pupils, CHARLES LUCAS, born 1808, in Salisbury, was the most remarkable. He received his first musical instruction as chorister of the Cathedral, under Arthur Thomas Corfe, after which he attended the Royal Academy of Music in London. In 1830 he was named Composer and Violoncellist to Queen Adelaide, and performed the duties of Organist at St. George's Chapel. Two years later be was entrusted with the duties of Orchestra Conductor at the Royal Academy of Music, and succeeded Cipriani Potter as Principal in 1859. He had already taken the place of his master, Lindley, as first Violoncellist of the Italian Opera. He died on March 23, 1869, in London. His successor in the Opera was the cellist, Collins.
http://www.cello.org/heaven/wasiel/19es.htm
LUCAS, CHARLES (1808-1869), musical composer, born at Salisbury 28 July 1808, was for eight years a chorister in the cathedral, and afterwards studied at the Royal Academy of Music. In 1830 he joined Queen Adelaide's private band, and about the same time became music preceptor to Prince George (now Duke) of Cambridge and the Princes of Saxe-Weimar. In 1832 he was appointed conductor at the Royal Academy of Music, and in 1839 organist of Hanover Chapel, Regent Street. He was for some time conductor of the Choral Harmonists' Society, and from 1840 to 1843 occasionally conducted at the Antient Concerts. From 1859 to 1866 he was principal of the Royal Academy of Music, and from 1856 to 1865 a member of the music-publishing house of Addison, Hollier, & Lucas. He was in much request as a violoncello player, and in that capacity succeeded Robert Lindley at the opera and the leading festivals and concerts. He composed an opera, 'The Regicide,' three symphonies, string quartets, anthems, songs, &c., and edited 'Esther' (1851) for the Handel Society. He died 23 March 1869, and was buried at Woking, Surrey.
[Grove's Dict. of Music, ii. 170, where the date of his death is erroneously given as 30 March; Musical Times, April and May 1869; Mag. of Music, October 1890, where his portrait is engraved.]
Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 34
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Lucas,_Charles_%281808-1869%29_%28DNB00%29
LUCAS Charles. 11 May 1869. The Will of Charles Lucas formerly of Berners Street Oxford Street in the County of Middlesex Principal of the Royal Academy of Music but late of Louvaine Road New Wandsworth in the County of Surrey Professor of Music deceased who died 23 March 1869 at Louvaine Road aforesaid was proved at the Principal Registry by the oaths of Stanley Lucas of 63 New Bond Street in the County of Middlesex aforesaid Music Seller and Radnor Lucas of Alton in the County of Southampton Bank Manager the Sons the surviving Executors. Effects under £3,000. Resworn at the Stamp Office December 1871 under £5,000.