William Brydges (organist)
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He acted as Adjutant[2] of the Loyal Newark Volunteers during the Napoleonic Wars.[3]
On his appointment to Newark Parish Church in 1802 he arranged for a new organ to be installed built by George Pike. It was opened in 1804. He worked as an organist in the church until his death in 1835.
He was buried in the churchyard at Newark where his memorial stone reads: "Brydges, William, d. 12 Feb 1835, age: 58yr, ’32 years organist of this church…This tablet is erected by their surviving children’."