Edwin Hobhouse Sircom
# Edwin Hobhouse Sircom

Edwin Hobhouse Sircom (1815 – 9 December 1893) was an English organist and composer.

## Background

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

* Organist at St Mary Redcliffe, Bristol 1840 – 1855
* Organist at St. Mary's Catholic Church on the Quay, Bristol 1859 - ????
* Organist at St. James' Church, Bristol 1863 - ????
* Organist at Stonyhurst College

## Compositions

He composed accompaniments for Vespers.

Cultural offices :

| Preceded byCornelius Bryan | Organist of St Mary Redcliffe 1840 - 1855 | Succeeded byWilliam Haydn Flood |
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