Born: December 30, 1887, Chagford, Devonshire, England.
Died: August 24, 1962, near Ottery, Devonshire, England.
Ley trained as a chorister at St. George’s Chapel, Windsor, as a music scholar at Uppingham, the Royal College of Music, and as an organ scholar at Keble College, Oxford. He was Precentor of Radley College; organist at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (1909-26); Choragus of the University, Oxford; professor of the organ at the Royal College of Music (1919); and organist at Eton College.
Sources:
Frost, p. 680
West, p. 87
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