Noted person about to be given honour — affected type (8)

I believe the answer is:

composer

'noted person' is the definition.
(a person who writes musical notes)

'about to be given honour affected type' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa'**).
'to be given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'honour' becomes 'om'.
'affected type' becomes 'poser'.
'c'+'om'+'poser'='COMPOSER'

(Other definitions for composer that I've seen before include "Weill, Weber or Webber" , "One writes music" , "Eg, Arne, Bach, Chopin" , "Person creating original score" , "Beethoven or Mozart, say" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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