David Carnegie Andrew Agnew

“ Rimbault, which was most successful, and laid the foundation of that artist’s success and fame. Rimbault had an apprentice named Audinet, father of Mr. Philip Audinet, an esteemed engraver. [1] A nephew of the clock-maker was Stephen Francis Rimbault, of 9 Denmark Street, Soho, organist of the Church of St. Giles-in-the-Fields for forty years; the date of his death was about 1834. His distinguished son, Edward Francis Rimbault, was born in Soho on 13th June 1816, and he at the age of sixteen became organist of the Swiss Church, Soho, where he imbibed his taste for ancient music. ”

“ The Early English Organ Builders and their works, from the fifteenth century to the period of the great Rebellion — an unwritten chapter in the history of the Organ; a Lecture delivered November 15, 1864. ”

“ He died after a lingering illness on 26th September 1876, aged sixty, and his widow did not survive for quite a year. Many well-known men had petitioned for a pension for Mrs. Rimbault, and a donation of £300 was granted by the Earl of Beaconsfield, which she did not live to receive. ”