Question: Who composed the symphony dedicated to the 1st Viscount St Alban?
Context: Henry St John, 1st Viscount St John (baptized 17 October 1652 – died 8 April 1742), of Lydiard Tregoze, Wiltshire; Battersea, Surrey; and Berkeley Street, Westminster, Middlesex, was an English politician.  In 1685 he was pardoned for a murder. John Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} , (30 May 1860 – 28 March 1938) was a British Liberal politician. Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban, {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} ( ; 22 January 15619 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, jurist, orator, and author.  He served both as Attorney General and as Lord Chancellor of England.  After his death, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. Roland Erasmus Philipps, (27 February 1890 - 7 July 1916) was a writer and a leading Scout official.  He was the second son of John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids and his first wife, Leonora Gerstenberg.  He was educated at Twyford School, Winchester College and New College, Oxford. The statue of Bernard Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein is located outside the Ministry of Defence Main Building in Whitehall, London, United Kingdom.  It was designed by Oscar Nemon and stands alongside statues of William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim and Alan Brooke, 1st Viscount Alanbrooke. The Symphony No. 1, Op. 17, Exile is the first symphony by the American composer Alan Hovhaness.  The piece was composed in 1936 and was premiered by the BBC Symphony Orchestra under the conductor Leslie Heward in 1939.  The work commemorates the genocide of the Armenian people, including Hovhaness's paternal family, during the Ottoman Turkish occupation of World War I.  The symphony is dedicated to English writer and philosopher Francis Bacon. Earl St Aldwyn, of Coln St Aldwyn in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.  It was created in 1915 for the prominent Conservative politician Michael Hicks Beach, 1st Viscount St Aldwyn, known from 1854 to 1907 Sir Michael Hicks Beach, 9th Baronet, of Beverston.  He was Chancellor of the Exchequer from 1885 to 1886 and again from 1895 to 1902.  Hicks Beach had already been created Viscount St Aldwyn, of Coln St Aldwyn in the County of Gloucester, in 1906, and was made Viscount Quenington, of Quenington in the County of Gloucester, at the same time he was given the earldom.  Both titles are in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.  He was succeeded by his grandson, the second Earl, the son of Michael Hicks Beach, Viscount Quenington, Member of Parliament for Tewkesbury, who was killed in action in 1916.  Lord St Aldwyn was also a Conservative politician and was Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (government chief whip in the House of Lords) between 1958 and 1964 and 1970 and 1974.  s of 2010 the titles are held by his eldest son, the third Earl, who succeeded in 1992. Jestyn Reginald Austin Plantagenet Philipps, 2nd Viscount St Davids {'1': ", '2': ", '3': ", '4': "} , (19 February 1917 – 10 June 1991) was a British peer, the only surviving son of John Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids, and his second wife, Elizabeth Philipps, Viscountess St Davids (née Abney-Hastings). Francis Bacon, 1st Viscount St Alban(s), KC (22 January 1561 – 9 April 1626) was an English philosopher, statesman, scientist, lawyer, jurist, author and pioneer of the scientific method.  He served both as Attorney General and Lord Chancellor of England.  Although his political career ended in disgrace, he remained extremely influential through his works, especially as philosophical advocate and practitioner of the scientific method during the scientific revolution. Frederick St John, 2nd Viscount Bolingbroke, 3rd Viscount St John was born on 21 December 1732.  His father was John St John, 2nd Viscount St John, half-brother of Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke (1678–1751).  His mother was Anne Furnese and his younger brother General the Hon. Henry St John (1738–1818).
Answer: Alan Hovhaness