Teresa del Riego

[1] She studied piano, violin, singing and composition at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and the West Central College of Music in London with Sir Paolo Tosti and Marie Withrow, and in Paris.

[3] Del Riego composed throughout her life, including piano, chamber, and orchestral works, though her best known pieces were songs written in the first decade of the 20th century.

Nearby are the graves of her sister Agnes, the first woman scoutmaster and founder of the Women's Territorial Signalling Corps,[6] and her brother, John Anthony del Riego (stage name Philip Desborough).

[7] Del Riego wrote over 300 ballads and sacred pieces which were often performed by the best-known singers of the day, such as Emma Albani, Nellie Melba, Gervase Elwes, Clara Butt and Maggie Teyte.

[9] The King's Song was first sung by Ben Davies at the Royal Albert Hall Coronation Concert of Edward VII in 1902.