Edwin Hobhouse Sircom
Edwin Hobhouse Sircom (1815 – 9 December 1893) was an English organist and composer.
Background
[edit]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
[edit]- 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
[edit]He composed accompaniments for Vespers.[4]