John Antes Latrobe

John Antes Latrobe (1799–1878) was an English cleric and writer on music.

The son of Christian Ignatius Latrobe and his wife Hannah Benigna Sims, he was born in London in 1799; Peter Latrobe (1795–1863) the minister and Charles Joseph La Trobe were brothers.

[3] He was ordained deacon in the Church of England by George Henry Law, in 1826, served as curate at Bristol Temple that year, and became chaplain to George Sandford, 3rd Baron Mount Sandford in 1829.

[1] Latrobe died, unmarried, at Gloucester, where he had been living in retirement, on 19 November 1878.

[1] Latrobe was the author of The Music of the Church considered in its various branches, Congregational and Choral, London, 1831.

Sorrento , illustration from The Solace of Song , 1837, by John Antes Latrobe