H. Fleetwood (Henry Fleetwood) Sheppard

Born in London in 1824, Henry Fleetwood Sheppard was an Anglican clergyman who studied at Cambridge and was ordained in 1856. He later served for many years as precentor and editor to the Doncaster Church Choral Union, and eventually became Rector of Thurnscoe in South Yorkshire.

Alongside his church work, he built a reputation as a writer and musical editor. He collaborated with Sabine Baring-Gould on Church Songs (1884), a collection created for church use, and he published other church music as well, including Gregorian chants and hymns.

Sheppard also played a part in the folk-song collection Songs of the West, which gathered songs from Devon and Cornwall. In addition to his musical work, he contributed articles to the Dictionary of National Biography under the initials "H. F. S." No confirmed portrait was found from the sources reviewed.