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