Harry, as he was known was clearly a musical genius.Emily Miles recounts what happened to Harry in her book. "...thefirst intimation his father had of his talent was when he wasa very small boy. He was playing with his toys on thefloor, while his elder brother was practising. He suddenlylooked up and said: 'That's wrong, Fred'. His father wasgreatly astonished. Long before his hands were big enough toreach an octave of notes, he played so well that his father madean artificial extension for his little fingers. By the timehe was eleven years old, his ability was most pronounced."A copy of the 'Salisbury and Winchester Journal', dated 1841included an article describing a special occasion held atTisbury Church on Whit Tuesday, when Henry played theorgan. The paragraph ended: "The manner in which the organistMaster H. Osmond performed these different compositionsis almost without precedent, he being only 11 years ofage.""His love of music was so great that he would sometimes get upin the night and come downstairs to play the piano. He usedto frequently go to Wardour Castle to play organ accompanimentswhile the eleventh Lord Arundell played the trumpet."At the age of nineteen, Harry gained the patronage of theDowager Queen Adelaide (widow of William IV), who appointed himorganistat the Chapel Royal, St James. The appointment sopleased and excited him, that it caused an attack ofbrain-fever, of which he died a week later. The Queen wasill at the same time, and he was continually asking for herday and night. By a strange coincidence he and the Queen died onthe self-same day (2nd December 1849)".