Re: Joshua Steele dedicated his Melody and Measure of Speech (25/9/1775)

 Ar an cúigiú lá is fiche de mí Méan Fómhair, scríobh Ross Clark:

 > Irish planter and writer (1700-1796)

The Dictionary of Irish Biography documents that he “was born in Ireland but
there are no details about his early life; indeed the first record of his
existence is from 17 October 1750, when he married Sally (or Sarah) Hopkins
Osborn, a wealthy heiress with vast sugar estates in Bar(a)bados. Then residing
in London, [...]”

It’s a Presbyterian and Anglican surname in this country, mostly in the North:

https://www.barrygriffin.com/surname-maps/irish/steele/

An unusual life, and an unusual interest.

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