John Stanley (1712-1786) was appointed organist at St. Andrew's Holburn at the age of fourteen, and became the youngest person to obtain a Bachelor of Music Degree from Oxford at the age of seventeen.

He was a great admirer of Handel, and after Handel's death, he continued to perform his series of Oratorios, and even followed in his footsteps by becoming a governor of the Foundling Hospital in London, where Handel had personally funded and played the organ, and also conducted eleven performan...