John Twiname Gardner (2 August 1854, in South Molton – 15 February 1914, in Kensington) was a general practitioner and composer of much published parlour and light music.
From 1888 to 1903 he worked as a family doctor in Ilfracombe, North Devon, where he conducted the local choral society and was generally a mainstay of musical life in the town.
The Children's Prayer Caught at Last - Willcocks & Co. Come May with all thy flowers - Marriott & Williams Come back my love to me - Marriott & Williams Dearest to me - Willcocks & Co.
The Drummer Boy - W.W. Warne God Bless the Royal Pair - Twiss & Sons, Ilfracombe (1893) God Save the King - Novello & Co. Jesu, Lover of my Soul - Willcocks & Co.
The song we ne'er may sing -B. Mocatta & Co. We Fear no Foreign Foe - Marriott & Williams Zingarella - J.B. Cramer & Co. [1] [2]