Carnaby was born in London in 1772, and was educated in the Chapel Royal as a chorister under James Nares and Edmund Ayrton.
Doc., on which occasion his exercise, described as "a grand musical piece," was performed at Great St Mary's on Sunday 7 July.
[1] Previous to this he had left Huntingdon and settled in London, where he lived at various times at Winchester Row and Red Lion Square.
In 1823 he was appointed organist of the newly opened Hanover Chapel, Regent Street, at a salary of £50 per annum, a post he occupied until his death on 7 November 1839.
[1] William Henry Husk wrote that his compositions "have been characterised as scientific, but deficient in taste.