Anthony Caesar

Canon Anthony Douglass Caesar CVO, MA, MusB (Cantab), FRCO born in 1924, is an English clergyman, organist and composer. He read music at Magdalene College, Cambridge and trained for the Anglican priesthood at St Stephen's House, Oxford. From 3 August 1979 to 1 August 1991 he was Subdean of the Chapels Royal.LondonGazette |issue=47919 |date=3 August 1979 |startpage=9877 |accessdate=2007-08-13] LondonGazette |issue=52621 |date=2 August 1991 |startpage=11833 |accessdate=2007-08-13] During this period was also the music editor of the New English Hymnal. In the 1991 Queen's Birthday Honours he was promoted to Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO), having previously been a Lieutenant of that Order.LondonGazette |issue=52563 |date=14 June 1991 |startpage=4 |supp=yes |accessdate=2007-08-13] Following his retirement from the Chapel Royal, he was appointed an Extra Chaplain to the Royal Household. He is best known for his short mass setting 'Missa Capella Regalis'.

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