Inclodon

Inclodon, CHARLES BENJAMIN, singer, was born at St Kevern, Cornwall, in 1763, was admitted to the choir of Exeter Cathedral at the age of eight, and served in the navy from 1779 to 1783. His voice was now a fine tenor, and in 1784 he made his first appearance at the Southampton Theatre, as Alphonso in the Castle of Andalusia. From 1786 to 1790 he sang in the summer at Vauxhall Gardens, and in the winter at Bath. In September 1790 he appeared at Covent Garden Theatre as Dermot in the Poor Soldier; and for twenty-five years thereafter he remained unrivalled as a ballad singer. In 1817 he visited America. Afterwards he travelled through Britain under the style of the 'Wandering Melodist'; and he died at Worcester, 11th February 1826. Inclodon's singing was bold and manly, at times full of feeling; his best ballads were such as 'Black-eyed Susan,' 'The Arethusa,' and 'The Storm,' which he sang dressed as a sailor.