George Anthony Thomas Weldon[1] (5 June 1908, in Chichester, England – 17 August 1963, in South Africa) was an English conductor.
[7] In 1952 Weldon became assistant to Sir John Barbirolli at the Hallé Orchestra and remained in that position until his death.
[11] Suffering from increasing ill-health (asthma and angina), Weldon nevertheless embarked on a conducting tour of South Africa in the Summer of 1963.
He was found dead in his bed on the morning of 17 August at the West Country Hotel, Cape Town.
The Cape Argus for Monday August 19th stated that the cause of his death ‘was officially established as heart failure’.