Born: 1723, Stock­port, Che­shire, Eng­land (baptized Ap­ril 14, 1723).

Died: Jan­u­ary 28, 1768, Ches­hire, Eng­land.

Buried: St. Mary’s parish church, Stockport Cheshire, Eng­land.

Wainright trained for a mu­sical ca­reer, and af­ter his mar­ri­age in 1746, he set­tled in Man­ches­ter, where he played the or­gan at the Col­le­gi­ate Church.

The fol­low­ing an­ec­dote is re­lat­ed of him. Be­ing one ev­en­ing at a ta­vern in Li­ver­pool, as he sat with his left arm hang­ing over the back of the seat a man who owed him some grudge came in, and go­ing stealth­i­ly be­hind, caught hold of the ex­tend­ed hand, and forced sev­er­al fing­ers back so as to dis­lo­cate them. The of­fend­er was im­me­di­ate­ly seized by those pre­sent, but Wain­right said, ‘Let him go; God for­give him.’ The in­jured mem­bers were hence­for­ward use­less; yet such was Wain­wright’s skill that he still con­tin­ued to per­form with re­mark­a­ble ef­fect.

Wainright’s works in­clude:

• Collection of Psalm Tunes, Hymns and Chants, 1766

Sources

Music

1. York­shire