ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a biography of mid- to late-19th-century singer Charles Lockey. During his time in Windsor, Lockey sang in concert at the Town Hall and also before the queen at Windsor Castle. In 1843, Charles Lockey was appointed a vicar choral of St. Paul's Cathedral in the place of the late Thomas Vaughan, probably the most admired English tenor of his era. It was a post that he would hold for over half a century. Back in London, Lockey was now confirmed as principal tenor at the Sacred Harmonic Society, where he gave Solomon on 2 December, on which occasion the press commented: 'he promises to become our first and best tenor'. In February 1848 Lockey was appointed a Gentleman of the Chapel Royal, in the space of the recently deceased vocalist and teacher Tom Welsh.
