Julian Clifford

Julian Seymour Clifford (b. London, 28 September 1877; d. Hastings, 27 December 1921) was an English conductor, composer and pianist particularly associated with the orchestras at Harrogate and Hastings, which he carried to a high level of accomplishment, introducing new works by English composers and encouraging soloists of national standing to perform in the provinces. His wife, the Hon. Mrs Julian Clifford, was a soprano singer. After his early death his example was followed by their son, also Julian Clifford (born 1903), who was a composer and a conductor working for Decca Records in early days, and championed works by English composers.

Julian Seymour Clifford (the son of Thomas Clifford of Tonbridge, Kent) was educated at Ardingly College, Tonbridge School, the Leipzig Conservatory (under Józef Śliwiński and Sir Walter Parratt) and the Royal College of Music. After terms as conductor of the Birmingham Symphony Orchestra and the Yorkshire Permanent Orchestra in Leeds, he became musical director to the Corporations of Harrogate (Yorkshire) and Eastbourne (Sussex). He frequently conducted in London, and was considered a particularly fine conductor of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's music.

Clifford performed his own piano solo compositions, Three Episodes and Grand Valse Caprice, in a concert in Doncaster in 1899. On 17 December 1902 he married the Hon. Alice Margaret Mary Henniker-Major (b. 23 May 1870), daughter of the 5th Baron Henniker and 2nd Baron Hartismere (formerly MP for East Suffolk and Lieutenant Governor of the Isle of Man, who died in 1902). The Hon. Mrs (Margaret) Clifford was an accomplished soprano singer. Their son Julian Major Herbert Henniker Clifford was born in 1903 and their daughter Margaret in 1912.

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