Sir Granville Ransome Bantock was a British composer of classical music.
Granville Bantock (picture first published 1913)
Sir Granville Bantock
Birmingham University
University of Birmingham – blue plaque
Leedham Bantock was a British singer, Edwardian musical comedy actor, early film director, dramatist and screenwriter. In 1912 he became the first actor to portray Father Christmas in film.
Bantock c.1918
Lawrence Rea (left), Walter Passmore, Ruth Vincent and Maud Boyd (right) in Bantock's The Belle of Brittany (1908)
Bantock in 1912
Bantock as Santa Claus and Margaret Favronova as Ting-a-ling in the 1912 film Santa Claus