Essex Chronicle published Former Chelmsford mayor and musical director dies aged 72

A FORMER Chelmsford mayor and long-standing musical director at Danbury Church, Christopher Kingsley, has died.Mr Kingsley, who was Mayor of Chelmsford in 1993 and again when it became a city in 2012, died at home on August 5 at the age of 72 after battling motor neurone disease, and his funeral was held at St John the Baptist in Danbury on Thursday last week.The father-of-three, who had celebrated 47 years as the director of music at Danbury Church, also worked as a music and technology...