title: John Clare Billing
text: # John Clare Billing
  
  John Clare Billing ARCO (1866–1955) was an organist, composer and writer based in England.
  
  ## Life
  
  He was born in 1866 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and educated at Stamford School.
  
  He studied organ with Haydn Keeton at Peterborough Cathedral and also James Edward Adkins.
  
  ## Appointments
  
  * Organist of St Peter's Church, Southampton 1887 - 1890
  * Organist of St John's College, Lancashire 1890 - 1898
  * Organist of St Mary's Church, Stamford 1898 - 1905
  * Organist of St Mary's Church, Ketton 1905 - 1907
  * Organist of St Mary's Church, Stamford 1907 - 1918
  * Organist of St Martin's Church, Stamford 1918 - ????
  
  ## Compositions
  
  He composed
  
  * Slumber Song for Violin & Pianoforte
  * Vestry Prayers
  * Your dear Face (song)
  * Round About Stamford
  