DJ Mills is right: it's Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, in an article written in 1911, the year before his untimely death.
I liked Steve's suggestion of Prince Charles, though! I find it intriguing that, apart from the gently archaic language, the sentiments SCT expresses here are seen as something that could still be said today, nearly a century later (albeit just by one relatively isolated part of the audience).
Must dash - am having an Indy Panic, results in paper (I hope) on Friday.
