The discoverer of the elliptical galaxy NGC 3610 have before reaching Britain had a role in the Military Band of Hanover.
 It was discovered on 8 April 1793 by William Herschel. 
 Born in the Electorate of Hanover, Herschel followed his father into the Military Band of Hanover, before migrating to Great Britain in 1757 at the age of nineteen. 
