Richard Alldridge was a Latter-day Saint hymn writer who wrote two hymns in the 1985 English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

 edition of the hymnal

Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (1985 book)

Hymns of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the official hymn book of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....

 of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. These are "Lord Accept Our True Devotion" and "We'll Sing All Hail To Jesus' Name".

Alldridge was born in Birmingham

Birmingham

Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...

, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. He married Ann Blunt in Northampton

Northampton

Northampton is a large market town and local government district in the East Midlands region of England. Situated about north-west of London and around south-east of Birmingham, Northampton lies on the River Nene and is the county town of Northamptonshire. The demonym of Northampton is...

. They joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints sometime between 1837 and 1840.

Alldridge had five of his hymns published in the church's 1840 Manchester Hymnal

Manchester Hymnal

A Collection of Sacred Hymns for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Europe, informally known as the Manchester Hymnal, was first published in Manchester, England, in 1840...

. Besides the two in the 1985 LDS Church hymnal there were also "O Lord Accept Our Songs of Praise", "How Dark and Gloomy Was the Night" and "O Lord Preserve Thy Chosen Seed".

Alldridge emigrated to Utah Territory

Utah Territory

The Territory of Utah was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from September 9, 1850, until January 4, 1896, when the final extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of Utah....

 with his wife and two children in 1861. They crossed the plains in the company headed by Ira Eldredge.

Alldridge died in Cedar City, Utah

Cedar City, Utah

As of the census of 2000, there were 20,527 people, 6,486 households, and 4,682 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,021.8 people per square mile . There were 7,109 housing units at an average density of 353.9 per square mile...

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Sources

• Cornwall, J. Spencer
  J. Spencer Cornwall
  Joseph Spencer Cornwall was a conductor of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir in the mid-20th century.Cornwall was born at Mill Creek, Utah Territory....
  
  . Stories of Our Mormon Hymns (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1975) p. 229
• Index of Mormon Pioneer Companies