Organists of LPC

1842 Dr Samuel Sebastian Wesley

previously Organist of Hereford and Exeter Cathedrals; subsequently Organist of Winchester Cathedral 1849, Gloucester Cathedral 1865

1849 Robert Senior Burton

1880 Dr William Creser

previously Organist of Scarborough, St Martin; Organist of HM Chapels Royal 1891

1891 Alfred Benton

1906 Dr Edward Cuthbert Bairstow [Knighted, 1932]

previously Organist of Wigan Parish Church; York Minster 1913

President, The Royal College of Organists

President, Incorporated Association of Organists

1913 Willoughby Williams

1920 Dr Albert Charles Tysoe

previously Organist of All Saints, Northampton: St Albans Cathedral 1937-1947

 

1937 Dr Alfred Melville Cook [DMus Durham, 1940]

1957 Dr Donald Frederick Hunt [DMus Leeds [honoris causa, 1975] [OBE, 1993]

Worcester Cathedral 1975-1996; Principal, Elgar School of Music 1996

1975 Dr Simon Geoffrey Lindley [Hon DUniv, Leeds Metropolitan University, 2001]

President, The Royal College of Organists, 2000-2003

Vice President, The Royal College of Organists from 2003

President, Incorporated Association of Organists, 2003-2005

Co-compiler, New English Praise [a supplement to the New English Hymnal], 2006