Francis Linley

Francis Linley (c.1771–1800) was an English organist and composer.

Linley was born in Doncaster. Blind from birth, he received an education, and studied music under Edward Miller, also of Doncaster.

Around 1790 Linley held the post of organist at St. James's Chapel, Pentonville, London. In 1796 he bought the business of John Bland, music-seller in Holborn. At a troubled time in his life, he went to America. He remained there several years, returning to England in 1799, and died, aged 26, at his mother's house in Doncaster, on 15 September 1800.

Linley's compositions and compiled works included:

Linley married a blind woman.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1893). "Linley, Francis". Dictionary of National Biography. 33. London: Smith, Elder & Co.