which attained considerable popularity. He was knighted on 24 March 1871. The last important public event in which he took part was the marriage of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany at St. George's Chapel on 6 May 1882. In June of that year, he resigned his post as organist. After some years spent in retirement he died at the Towers, Windlesham, on 9 September 1893. Family Elvey married first, on 19 June 1838, Harriette, daughter of his tutor, Highmore Skeats, and by her, on 30 December 1851, had issue: one son, George Highmore Elvey (died 1875). He married secondly, on 22 August 1854, Georgiana, daughter of John Bowyer Nichols, and by her had issue: three sons and one daughter; she died on 22 December 1863. He married thirdly, on 20 April 1865, Eleanora Grace, daughter of Richard Jarvis; she died on 23 January 1879. He married fourthly, on 20 June 1882, Mary Savory (born 1848), a sister of Sir Joseph Savory; she survived him. Their son was Handel Elvey. Legacy Elvey was a prolific writer of church music. Besides the anthems already mentioned, his chants, his "Cantate Domino," a "Deus misereatur" in D, were among his most popular compositions. He also wrote fifteen part songs, an introduction and gavotte for piano and violin, and four pianoforte pieces. His works, which are nearly all for the Church, include two oratorios, a great number of anthems and services, psalm chants and some pieces for the organ. His most famous work is probably the hymn tune Diademata, to which "Crown Him with Many Crowns" and "Soldiers of Christ, Arise" are most commonly set. The Hymn "Come, Ye thankful People, Come" to his tune "St George's Windsor" is also a well-known staple in the liturgy. A memoir of him, by his widow, was published in 1894. Notes Attribution: References External links Free scores at the Mutopia Project English composers 1816 births 1893 deaths People from Canterbury Alumni of New College, Oxford Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music English hymnwriters English organists British male organists Musicians from Kent 19th-century English musicians 19th-century British male musicians 19th-century organists