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CHARLES BENJAMIN INCLEDON (1763–1826)

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Originally appearing in Volume V14, Page 354 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLES
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BENJAMIN
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INCLEDON (1763–1826)  ,
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English
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singer, son of a
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doctor in
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Cornwall, began as a
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choir-boy at
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Exeter, but then went into the
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navy . His
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fine
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tenor
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voice,however, attracted
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general
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attention, and in 1783 he determined to seek his
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fortune on the
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stage . After various provincial appearances he made a
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great success in 1790 at Covent
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Garden, and thenceforth was the
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principal English tenor of his
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day . He sang both in
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opera and in
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oratorio, but his
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chief popularity
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lay in his delivery of
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ballads, such as " Sally in our
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Alley," "
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Black-eyed Susan," " The
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Arethusa," and anything of a bold and manly type . He toured in
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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
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paralysis at
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Worcester on the 11th of
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February 1826 .

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