Edwin Hobhouse Sircom

English organist and composer

Edwin Hobhouse Sircom (1815 – 9 December 1893) was an English organist and composer.

## Background

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He was born in 1815, the second son of John Sircom and Jane Freeman Lewis.

He married Ann Ford, daughter of James Groom Ford, on 5 April 1842. They had the following children:

* Sebastian Ford Sircom (1844 – 1934)
* Edwin Sircom (b. 1845)
* Emily Fanny Sircom (b. 4 Feb 1848)
* Agnes Maria Sircom (b. 11 Mar 1851)
* Felix Mendelssohn Sircom (b. 1 Nov 1851)
* George Henry Sircom (b. 15 Mar 1853)
* Louis William Crossman Sircom (b. 1856)

## Appointments

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* Organist at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol 1840[1] – 1855
* Organist at St. Mary's Catholic Church on the Quay, Bristol 1859[2] - ????
* Organist at St. James' Church, Bristol 1863[3] - ????
* Organist at Stonyhurst College

## Compositions

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He composed accompaniments for Vespers.[4]

Cultural offices

Preceded by

Cornelius Bryan

|  Organist of St Mary Redcliffe
1840 - 1855  | Succeeded by

William Haydn Flood

## References

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1. ^ Bristol Mercury - Saturday 13 June 1840
2. ^ Bristol Mercury - Saturday 5 March 1859
3. ^ Bristol Mercury - Saturday 7 November 1863
4. ^ Roman Catholic Church Music in England, 1791-1914. T.E. Muir. 2008