Bernard Gates (23 April 1686 in The Hague – 15 November 1773 in North Aston) was an English composer, and a bass singer employed by Handel in his oratorios.
On 23 February 1732 Handel's Esther was performed at Gates's house in James Street, Westminster, by the children of the chapel.
The same singers sang the work at a subscription concert at the Crown and Anchor Tavern, and again at the room in Villiers Street, York Buildings.
A tablet to his memory was put up in the church of North Aston, at the expense of his pupil, Thomas Sanders Dupuis.
[4] Gates married before 1717, since on 6 June of that year his eldest child, a daughter named Atkinson, was buried in the north cloister of Westminster Abbey.