Complete Encyclopaedia of Music/B/Billington, Thomas

by John Weeks Moore

Billington, Thomas, husband of the preceding, and whose sudden death at Naples has been before mentioned, was a musician of talent, and composed some pleasing vocal pieces, among which were Gray's "Elegy," "Maria's Evening Service," "Eloisa to Abelard," Pope's "Elegy," Prior's "Garland," "Children in the Wood," and part of Young's "Night Thoughts," all set for one or more voices.