Frederick William had a brother, confusingly christened William Frederick, who also did not join the Company, although his son, Charles Lukey Collard (senior) (1807-1891) did. He was admitted as Freeman in 1831, clothed with the Livery in 1855 and joined the Court three years later. On the death of his uncle in 1860, CL Collard was elected Treasurer (a post he held until 1876) and was also Master for two consecutive years in 1864/5.

CL Collard married Isabella Mary Wakefield. Their family comprised six children: Cecil, Frederick Wakefield, Charles Michael, William Stuartson, John Clementi and, the only girl, Phoebe.

William Stuartson Collard (1843-1904) and John Clementi Collard (1844-1918) both served their apprenticeships and were admitted to the Freedom and clothed with the Livery on the same day in 1871. Clearly keen to make progress, WS Collard was elected to the Court that same year, although it was a further 15 years before his younger brother would be similarly honoured. William Stuartson was elected Master in both 1877 and 1889 and took on the Treasurer’s responsibilities in 1887, a position he held until the year of his death.

For some years at the beginning of the 19th century the composer Muzio Clementi had interests in the family piano company – hence JC Collard’s middle name. In 1815 the company was established as Collard and Collard, which remained well-known and continued to prosper in the music trade for appreciably over 100 years.

Following his father and earlier Collards into the Musicians Company in 1871, young JCC married Catherine Purdie, in Edinburgh the next year.

Elected to the Court in 1886, he served as Master in 1893 and again in 1899. He also took over in the Chair in 1901 when Sir John Stainer, celebrated composer, died in office. In 1904 JCC was elected Treasurer of the Musicians’ Company, a post he held until his death in 1918.

On the sudden and unexpected death in 1909 of the Junior Warden, Rev’d Robert Henry Hadden, his 20 year old apprentice was ‘...turned over to Mr J C Collard’. The apprentice’s name was Adrian Boult, who in later years became one of Britain’s greatest and longest-lived conductors.

At his death, JC Collard left the extremely generous sum of £8,500 to the Company, which was used to found the John Clementi Collard Fellowship – an award still made and greatly valued by its recipients today (a list of winners is given below). Collard’s name is also linked to a Life Fellowship, of which to date there have been only five recipients: Sir Edward Elgar, Dr Ralph Vaughan Williams, Dr Herbert Howells, Sir Peter Maxwell Davies and Sir James MacMillan (Click Here to see further detail on this rarely awarded honour). In addition to this generosity, Collard also gave the Company the fine silver Treasurer’s Cup in remembrance of his, and other members of his family’s, holding that office at various times from 1838.

In October 1911 Cecil Collard, JC Collard’s brother,  presented back to the Company the silver snuff box given to his great uncle Frederick William in 1834 – a treasure which is still owned and greatly valued by the Musicians’ Company today.