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Dates 1741-1769
Location London; Knebworth
Vocation Musician
Place of Birth Crail
Marriage Marion Melvill; Leonora Robinson-Lytton
Issue Mary; Agnes; Elizabeth; Frances
Place of birth Source Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

Son of John Oswald. Dancing-master in Dunfermline. Performer (especially cellist) and teacher in Edinburgh (1735-1741), where he also published his own music. Moved to London (1741), where he continued teaching, performing and publishing. Some of his compositions were dedicated to Frederick, prince of Wales. Some music published for the little-understood Society of the Temple of Apollo. Appointed chamber composer to George III (1761). Moved to Knebworth with his second wife (c.1763), where he remained until his death.