Ignatius Sancho

Ignatius Sancho (* 1729 ; † December 14, 1780 in London ) was an English composer and writer.

Sancho was born in 1729 on a slave ship off Guinea . After the death of his parents, he came to England at the age of two and grew up as a slave to a family in Greenwich . During his self-taught training he was supported by John Montagu, 2nd Duke of Montagu . In 1749 he found a job as a butler in the Montagus' house. After the Duchesse Montagu's death, he received a small inheritance that enabled him to open a grocery store in Westminster in 1773, which ensured him an independent life.

As early as his time as the Montagus' butler, Sancho became known as a writer and composer. He was in contact with the politician Charles James Fox and corresponded with famous contemporaries such as Samuel Johnson , David Garrick , Catherine Hyde and Laurence Sterne . In 1768 he was portrayed by the painter Thomas Gainsborough . Between 1767 and 1779, Sancho published a collection of songs with piano accompaniment based on texts by William Shakespeare , Anakreon and Garrick, as well as three volumes of dances. A collection of his letters appeared posthumously in 1782.

swell

personal data
SURNAME	Sancho, Ignatius
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	English composer and writer
DATE OF BIRTH	1729
PLACE OF BIRTH	Slave ship off Guinea
DATE OF DEATH	December 14, 1780
Place of death	London