sight. While blind he devoted himself largely to literature, and he first suggested the formation of the Handel Society. In 1841, he became editor and proprietor of the "Musical World." He died suddenly on 24 April 1843 in Castle Street, Leicester Square. Family Macfarren married, in August 1808, Elizabeth (born 20 Jan. 1792), daughter of John Jackson, a bookbinder, of Glasgow, who had settled in London. Their eldest son was Sir George Alexander Macfarren and their youngest Walter Cecil Macfarren. Works Ah! What a Pity, or, The Dark Knight and the Fair Lady (1818) Winning a Husband (1819) Guy Fawkes (1822) Edward the Black Prince (1823) Tom and Jerry in France (1823) George III (1824) The Horatii and Curiatii (1825) Auld Robin Gray (1828) March of Intellect (1829) The Danish Wife (1831) Innocent Sins (1838) Notes Attribution References 1788 births 1843 deaths British dramatists and playwrights British male dramatists and playwrights