Tuhia he haere tonu mo tenei pene - I whanau a Abbey i Whilton, he kainga o Northamptonshire, i te 22 o Tihema 1785. I tona tamarikitanga, he akonga ia na James raua ko David Davis, a muri ake mo Hugh Russell i muri i te 1818, he kaihanga pungawerewere rongonui i o raatau ra. I te tau 1826 ka haere a Abbey ki Paris, i runga i te tono a Sébastien Érard, te kaihanga harp me te pianoforte rongonui, ki te mahi i runga i tetahi kaakahu i hangaia e Érard, a i tukuna e ia ki te Whakaaturanga o nga Hua o te Ahumahi a-Motu i te 1827, me te hanga hoki i tetahi kaakahu mo te Convent of the Legion of Honour, i St. Denis. I hangaia hoki e ia he kaakahu mai i te hoahoa a Érard mo te whare karakia o Tuileries, heoi, he poto noa iho te noho, i whakangaromia i te Revolution of 1830
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