William Fullerton Jr.

Fullerton left the United States to study music in Leipzig, and then settled in London, where he lived openly with another man, Percy Anderson, a talented painter with aristocratic connections.

"In a Dream", published in 1881 (a song in the German "lieder" tradition, based on a poem by Heinrich Heine), was dedicated to Lady Agneta Montagu, a daughter of Charles Yorke, 4th Earl of Hardwicke and a bridesmaid to Alexandra of Denmark.

"Grand March Heroic: Tel-el-kebir", also published in 1882, celebrated a military victory over Egyptian nationalist forces, in the Battle of Tel el-Kebir, which secured British control over the Suez Canal.

[7] Musical conductor Jimmy Glover later claimed, probably in jest, that Hamilton and Fullerton had insisted that certain choral parts be sung by "real guardsmen", and that he had rehearsed 16 soldiers for weeks, only to have them called away to serve in Egypt.

[8] Critics gave the light music negative reviews, but the piece was popular, and the run lasted from early March until late July, when the heat decreased theatre attendance.