Schoelcher, Victor: The Life of Handel. London. 1857. The first attempt at a complete and documented biography.
Chrysander, Friedrich: G. F. Händel. Leipzig. 1858-67. This biography does not go beyond 1740, but it is the most valuable source for carefully documented facts.
Delany, Mary: Autobiography and Correspondence of Mary Granville, Mrs. Delany. Edited by Lady Llanover. London. 1861-62.
Taylor, Sedley: The Indebtedness of Handel to Works by Other Composers. Cambridge. 1906.
Robinson, Percy: Handel and His Orbit. London. 1908.
Streatfeild, R.A.: Handel. London. 1909. The best biography of Handel and critical study of his works in English.
Squire, W. Barclay: Handel in 1745 (Riemann-Festschrift). Leipzig. 1909.
Rolland, Romain: Haendel. Paris. 1910.
Flower, Newman: George Friederic Handel: His Personality and His Times. London. 1923.
This book contains much new biographical matter. I have to thank Mr. Flower for kind permission to make use of his valuable discoveries.