Steggall worked as an organist for many parishes including: Christ Chapel, Maida Vale; Christ Church, Lancaster Gate and Lincoln's Inn,[3] He was also an examiner for the DMus degree.
[4] He taught organ studies to Helen Johnston (a student at Queen's College, London) whom Sterndale Bennett had chosen to translate the St Matthew Passion from German into English for the first performance in London on 6 April 1854.
There were six children, the youngest being composer and organist Reginald Steggall (17 April 1867 — 15 November 1938).
Reginald studied organ at the Royal Academy of Music under his father, and composition under George Macfarren and Ebenezer Prout.
Reginald Steggall's compositions include works for organ, choral music for the church and large scale orchestral pieces (two symphonies, the Variations on an Original Theme, and the Concertstück for organ and orchestra).