Background
Eveleigh was born in Meerut, India, the son of F.C. Henry Eveleigh, a Captain in the Royal Horse Artillery.
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William Everleigh
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Educated at Cranleigh and Peterhouse Cambridge, he gained his doctorate in music at Queen"s College, Oxford in 1895. They had four children. He remained in Cork until 1922, being succeeded by his pupil Jonathan Thomas Horne who continued in the post until 1977.
In addition to church music and instrumental pieces, Eveleigh composed a five-act opera entitled The Valkyrie.
He retired to England in 1922, and died at the Rosehill Nursing Home in Bristol in 1950.
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Ireland