Richard Corney Grain (26 October 1844 â€" 16 March 1895), known by his
stage name Corney Grain, was an entertainer and songwriter of the late
Victorian era.Born at Teversham in Cambridgeshire, Grain was the
youngest son of John Grain, a farmer, and his wife, Mary Anne. His
sister, Harriet Ann, was the mother of the barrister and judge Sir
Travers Humphreys. Grain received what he referred to as "an average
middle-class education". In 1858, at the age of 14, he attended school
in Germany. Returning to Britain with an interest in the Law, he
enrolled as a student of the Inner Temple on 27 April 1863, and was
called to the Bar on 30 April 1866. For a while he practised law on
the Western Circuit. However, he had theatrical leanings, and sang and
acted in private.Deciding to give up a legal career and try his hand
on the stage, on 16 May 1870 Grain joined what was known as the German
Reed Entertainments, at the Gallery of Illustration, appearing in a
sketch of his own called The School-Feast. At the same time, Grain
entertained privately, performing his comic musical sketches at the
piano for fashionable parties and other venues. Richard Corney Grain Biography, NetWorth, Height, Age, Weight, Family, Married, Son, Daughter