Ernest Whitfield, 1st Baron Kenswood
Noble person
1887 – 1963
Who was Ernest Whitfield, 1st Baron Kenswood?
Ernest Albert Whitfield, 1st Baron Kenswood, was a British violinist and welfare worker for the blind.
Born in London, Whitfield was the younger son of John Henry Christopher Whitfield and his wife Louisa. He was educated at Archbishop Tenison's Grammar School, University College School, and at Vienna and London universities. He at first worked in Vienna but in his early twenties his sight began to deteriorate. This forced him to prepare for a new vocation, which led him into a career as a violinist. He made his professional soloist debut in 1913, by then almost completely blind. He later came into contact with Sir Arthur Pearson, the founder of the charity organisation St Dunstan's, and joined the St Dunstan's Blind Musicians Concert Party.
Whitfield made his mark as an accomplished violinist in the early 1920s, but ill health later forced him to restrict his concert engagements. He then took up the study of economics, political science and philosophy, and obtained a B.Sc. in 1926 and a Ph.D. in 1928. The latter year he was elected to the Executive Council of the National Institute for the Blind. In 1935 he injured a hand and was forced to abandon his music career.
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