Note 60 — BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF JOHN TRAVERS, WILLIAM HAYES, MUS. D., THOMAS SAUNDERS DUPUIS, MUS. D., AND EDMUND AYRTON, MUS. D.

Dr. Philip Hayes was, with the exception of Bright, the Essex miller, the most corpulent man of his time, and his obesity, instead of being the result of good temper, was the cause of rather an irritable disposition; but he was an honourable man, and perfectly master of what is commonly called the theory of music. He died very suddenly in London, in 1797, aged about fifty-eight years, and was interred in St. Paul’s Cathedral, the gentlemen of the King’s Chapel, and the choirs of St. Paul’s and Westminster Abbey, attending the funeral.