[1] As a boy he was a chorister at Ely Cathedral and studied music under Dr. George Garrett, organist of St John's College, Cambridge.
[5] That organ was the third instrument sent out to the church: the first was purchased "off the floor" at the International Exhibition in London, the manufacture of Jones of Fulham, and despatched to the colonies aboard the ship Walter Hood, which was wrecked off he NSW coast on 24 April 1870.
[9] Following a campaign by their, then, organist E. M. Woolley, and her subsequent fundraising activities, the committee of St John's Church, Darlinghurst ordered a new three-manual Hill & Son organ.
[12] Around this time he was gaining a reputation as an organ architect, so it is likely he was responsible for its design: He resigned after 35 years as organist of St. John's Church, and retired from public life.
[1] Their children included: They moved house frequently, took fee-paying students from each address: He retired to Blenheim Road, Lindfield