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	Bianchi was born as Jane Jackson the daughter of a London apothecary named John Jackson.		Bianchi was born as Jane Jackson the daughter of a London apothecary named John Jackson.
	[[File:Payment to Jane Bianchi.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Payment for singing in 1813 at the [[Concerts of Antient Music]]. £126 to J.Bianchi Lacy]]		[[File:Payment to Jane Bianchi.jpg\|thumb\|left\|Payment for singing in 1813 at the [[Concerts of Antient Music]]. £126 to J.Bianchi Lacy]]
	In 1800 she married the Italian composer [[Francesco Bianchi (composer)\|Francesco Bianchi]]. She became known as the leading singer of [[Handel]]'s music and she was often invited to [[Windsor Castle]] where she entertained [[George III]] and [[Queen Charlotte]].<ref name=":0"/> On 12 March 1806 [[Joseph Woelfl\|the Austrian composer Joseph Woelfl]] published "Six English Songs" which he dedicated to Bianchi~~[[Jane Bianchi\|~~.]]<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Kassler\|first=Michael\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4QWDAAAQBAJ&q=%22jane+bianchi%22%7Ctitle%3DMusic&pg=PA448\|title=Music Entries at Stationers' Hall, 1710–1818: from lists prepared for William Hawes, D.W. Krummel and Alan Tyson and from other sources\|date=2016-04-29\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-317-09205-6\|pages=561\|language=en}}</ref>		In 1800 she married the Italian composer [[Francesco Bianchi (composer)\|Francesco Bianchi]]. She became known as the leading singer of [[Handel]]'s music and she was often invited to [[Windsor Castle]] where she entertained [[George III]] and [[Queen Charlotte]].<ref name=":0"/> On 12 March 1806 [[Joseph Woelfl\|the Austrian composer Joseph Woelfl]] published "Six English Songs" which he dedicated to Bianchi.<ref>{{Cite book\|last=Kassler\|first=Michael\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4QWDAAAQBAJ&q=%22jane+bianchi%22%7Ctitle%3DMusic&pg=PA448\|title=Music Entries at Stationers' Hall, 1710–1818: from lists prepared for William Hawes, D.W. Krummel and Alan Tyson and from other sources\|date=2016-04-29\|publisher=Routledge\|isbn=978-1-317-09205-6\|pages=561\|language=en}}</ref>

	She and Francesco had a daughter who died aged five and shortly after her husband took his own life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB\|title=Lacy, William (1788–1871), singer singer\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-15867;jsessionid=492F46C467F998F9C1C7FC47417BBF38\|access-date=2020-11-30\|year = 2004\|language=en\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/15867}}</ref> He and their daughter were buried in the old Kensington Church, now [[St Mary Abbots]], Kensington.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=KPN Autumn 2012\|url=https://issuu.com/stmaryabbots/docs/kpn_autumn_2012\|access-date=2020-11-30\|website=Issuu\|language=en}}</ref>		She and Francesco had a daughter who died aged five and shortly after her husband took his own life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB\|title=Lacy, William (1788–1871), singer singer\|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-15867;jsessionid=492F46C467F998F9C1C7FC47417BBF38\|access-date=2020-11-30\|year = 2004\|language=en\|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/15867}}</ref> He and their daughter were buried in the old Kensington Church, now [[St Mary Abbots]], Kensington.<ref>{{Cite web\|title=KPN Autumn 2012\|url=https://issuu.com/stmaryabbots/docs/kpn_autumn_2012\|access-date=2020-11-30\|website=Issuu\|language=en}}</ref>

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{{Infobox person
| name = Jane Bianchi Lacy
| image =
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| other_names =
| birth_name = Jane Jackson
| birth_date = 1776
| birth_place =
| death_date = March 19, 1858
| death_place = [[Ealing]]
| death_cause =
| nationality = [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]]
| education =
| occupation = singer
| employer =
| known_for =
| spouse = [[Francesco Bianchi (composer)|Francesco Bianchi]], [[William Lacy (singer)|William Lacy]]
| children = at least one
| parents =
| relatives =
| website =
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}}

'''Jane Jackson''' became '''Jane Bianchi''' and later '''Jane Bianchi Lacy''' (1776 – March 19, 1858) was a [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|British]] singer in London and [[Oudh]].

== Life ==
Bianchi was born as Jane Jackson the daughter of a London apothecary named John Jackson.
[[File:Payment to Jane Bianchi.jpg|thumb|left|Payment for singing in 1813 at the [[Concerts of Antient Music]]. £126 to J.Bianchi Lacy]]
In 1800 she married the Italian composer [[Francesco Bianchi (composer)|Francesco Bianchi]]. She became known as the leading singer of [[Handel]]'s music and she was often invited to [[Windsor Castle]] where she entertained [[George III]] and [[Queen Charlotte]].<ref name=":0"/> On 12 March 1806 [[Joseph Woelfl|the Austrian composer Joseph Woelfl]] published "Six English Songs" which he dedicated to Bianchi[[Jane Bianchi|.]]<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kassler|first=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T4QWDAAAQBAJ&q=%22jane+bianchi%22%7Ctitle%3DMusic&pg=PA448|title=Music Entries at Stationers' Hall, 1710–1818: from lists prepared for William Hawes, D.W. Krummel and Alan Tyson and from other sources|date=2016-04-29|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-317-09205-6|pages=561|language=en}}</ref>

She and Francesco had a daughter who died aged five and shortly after her husband took his own life.<ref name=":0">{{Cite ODNB|title=Lacy, William (1788–1871), singer singer|url=https://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-15867;jsessionid=492F46C467F998F9C1C7FC47417BBF38|access-date=2020-11-30|year = 2004|language=en|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/15867}}</ref> He and their daughter were buried in the old Kensington Church, now [[St Mary Abbots]], Kensington.<ref>{{Cite web|title=KPN Autumn 2012|url=https://issuu.com/stmaryabbots/docs/kpn_autumn_2012|access-date=2020-11-30|website=Issuu|language=en}}</ref>

Bianchi married again to another singer named [[William Lacy (singer)|William Lacy]]. Her English husband had trained in Italy and was a bass singer.

In 1813 she again sang at the [[Concerts of Antient Music]] where she was paid £126 (see illustration). She had sang at that concert in 1800 when she was "Miss Jackson".<ref name=":0"/> At somewhere around this time she published a song, "Winter's Beautiful Rose", which she had composed to accompany words by [[Amelia Opie]]. She dedicated the work to the Viscountesses Hampden.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Winter's beautiful rose / the words by Mrs. Opie ; the music composed... by Mrs. Bianchi Lacy.|url=https://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015080964995?urlappend=%3Bseq=1|access-date=2020-11-30|website=HathiTrust|hdl = 2027/mdp.39015080964995?urlappend=%3Bseq=1|language=en}}</ref>

They left England and sailed for Calcutta in 1818<ref>{{Cite book|last1=Highfill|first1=Philip H.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cS6x-tsbNZEC&q=%22jane+bianchi%22+singer&pg=PA106|title=A Biographical Dictionary of Actors, Actresses, Musicians, Dancers, Managers and Other Stage Personnel in London, 1660-1800|last2=Burnim|first2=Kalman A.|last3=Langhans|first3=Edward A.|date=1973|publisher=SIU Press|isbn=978-0-8093-0518-6|language=en}}</ref> where they stayed for seven years performing at the court of Oudh.<ref name=":0" /> At the time the King of Oudh was [[Saadat Ali Khan II]].

Whilst she was away she published an unseen work by her first husband in 1820/1821.

Bianchi died in [[Ealing]] in 1858. Her second husband survived her.

== References ==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{IMSLP|id=Bianchi Lacy, Jane}}

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