Lewis Lavenu

Musician, Deceased Person

1767 – 1818

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Who was Lewis Lavenu?

Lewis Augustus Lavenu was a musician, music seller and publisher.

He was the second son of John Lavenu, pastry chef to Stephen Fox, Lord Holland. His father had opened a coffee house and tavern in Salisbury where he took over the assembly rooms and held concerts for the local gentry and middle classes. Beginning as a violinist in the Covent Garden opera, Lavenu set up his "New Musical Warehouse" at 23, Duke Street, St. James, Piccadilly in 1795. Around 1802 he went into partnership with the printer Charles Mitchell forming Lavenu & Mitchell and in 1805 moved their business to New Bond Street. The partnership with Mitchell ended in 1806, and Lavenu built up a successful business attaining a Royal Warrant as music seller to the Prince Regent by his death on 17 August 1818. Lavenu had married Elizabeth Mackenzie of Greenwich on 3 March 1793 at St George Hanover Square, Westminster. She died on 16 January 1814 and Lavenu married for a second time a woman named Eliza, the mother of his son Lewis Henry Lavenu. The business was further built upon by Eliza who went into partnership with the Anglo-Italian violinist Nicolas Mori.

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Born
1767
Also known as
  • Lewis Augustus Lavenu
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Nationality
  • United Kingdom
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Died
Aug 17, 1818

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on July 23, 2013

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