Richard Guise, singer and composer, was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey on 17th March 1806. He never seems to have had an inscribed gravestone. He was born in 1740 and sang as a tenor in the Abbey Choir from 1783-1806 and became Master of the Choristers in 1793. He was also a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal. By his wife Elizabeth he had a daughter Sarah Elizabeth who married a Mr Cutler. Another daughter Frances married John Wright and she was buried in the cloister on 17th November 1802. In his will he mentioned grandsons Richard Barou and John William Wright.
Further reading
His will is at The National Archives, Kew, Surrey
North Cloister
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