George Robertson Sinclair

[2] In 1873, aged ten, he gained a choral scholarship at St Michael's College, Tenbury, under the headship of Sir Frederick Ouseley.

Through his persevering energy the sum of £2,300 was raised to re-build the Cathedral organ, the work being carried out by Father Willis.

The Ouseley Memorial window, a prominent feature in the Cathedral, is also largely due to his exertions, and his influence on the musical life of Hereford and the neighbourhood is very great and beneficial to the progress of the art in that fertile region.

As an organist, accompanist, and solo player Dr. Sinclair occupies a very high place in technical attainment and sympathetic feeling.

He modernised the repertoire of the festivals, introducing music of peripheral religious relevance, including Parsifal,[5] and of wholly secular character, such as Tchaikovsky's Pathétique Symphony.

He, together with Elgar and Stanford and the soloists, sent a telegram to the aged composer reporting "una recita splendida del Requiem Festival di Hereford".

[5] Sinclair was also the dedicatee of Elgar's Te Deum and Benedictus (1897), "Pomp and Circumstance March" No.4 (1907) and A Christmas Greeting (1907).