Ozias Thurston Linley

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Ozias as a boy (attributed to Thomas Lawrence)
Ozias as a boy (attributed to Thomas Lawrence)
Ozias as an adult, dressed as a canon, by Archer James Oliver.
Ozias as an adult, dressed as a canon, by Archer James Oliver.

Ozias Thurston Linley (1765-1831) was one of 7 musical siblings born to the composer Thomas Linley the elder and his wife Mary Johnson.

He graduated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford in 1789, becoming a minor canon of Norwich Cathedral the following year and Junior Fellow and Organist at Dulwich College from 1816. He was noted for his eccentricity and strong language.