Person Open DS/UK/67 Sargent; Sir; Malcolm (29 April 1895-3 October 1967); English conductor and organist Sargent Malcolm Sir 29 April 1895-3 October 1967 English conductor and organist Male (cisgender) Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent Flash Harry DS/UK/1129 DS/UK/41 DS/UK/39 DS/UK/40 https://thirdlight.royalalberthall.com/pf.tlx?GV7GgH3GpDW.tG Bath Villas, Ashford, Kent, England (born)

English Musician; Conductor / Organ White No known disability No known religious affiliation Son of Henry Sargent (coal merchant, amateur musician, organist) and Agnes Hall (school matron). Working-class family. Former spouse of Eileen Laura Harding Horne (m.1923-1946). During and after their marriage, Sargent had various affairs with women including Diana Bowes-Lyon, Princess Marina and Edwina Mountbatten. Heterosexual Sir Malcolm Sargent was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated included the Ballets Russes, the Huddersfield Choral Society, the Royal Choral Society, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and the London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Royal Philharmonic orchestras. Sargent was held in high esteem by choirs and instrumental soloists, but because of his high standards and a statement that he made in a 1936 interview disputing musicians' rights to tenure, his relationship with orchestral players was often uneasy. Despite this, he was co-founder of the London Philharmonic, was the first conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic as a full-time ensemble, and played an important part in saving the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from disbandment in the 1960s. As chief conductor of London's internationally famous summer music festival the Proms from 1948 to 1967, Sargent was one of the best-known English conductors. When he took over the Proms from their founder, Sir Henry Wood, he and two assistants conducted the two-month season between them. By the time he died, he was assisted by a large international roster of guest conductors. At the outbreak of the Second World War, Sargent turned down an offer of a major musical directorship in Australia and returned to the UK to bring music to as many people as possible as his contribution to national morale. He toured widely throughout the world and was noted for his skill as a conductor, his championship of British composers, and his debonair appearance, which won him the nickname "Flash Harry." Memberships: In 1807, Sargent was elected a member of The Literary Society, a dining club founded by William Wordsworth and others. He was a member of the Beefsteak Club, for which his proposer was Sir Edward Elgar, the Garrick, and the long-established and aristocratic White's and Pratt's clubs. His public service appointments included the joint presidency of the London Union of Youth Clubs, and the presidency of the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Family, Sexuality and Relationships: Secretary of the Literary Society, Sir Rupert Hart-Davis, considered him a "bounder", and the composer and suffragette Dame Ethel Smyth referred to him as a "cad". Activism and Views: Sargent was a deeply religious man all his life and was comforted on his deathbed by visits from the Anglican Archbishop of York, Donald Coggan and the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Westminster, Cardinal Heenan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_Sargent (2019) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHeharper 3/5/2012 RAHAKIRKBRIDE 5/16/2025 e7ef8a80-7442-4390-b943-365fe44fe8ce