Herbert Stephen Irons

Herbert Stephen Irons (19 January 1834 – 29 June 1905),[1] was an English Organist. He also wrote hymns including the tune "Southwell".

Career

He was born in Canterbury, where he became a chorister at the cathedral. He was an organ pupil of Dr. Stephen Elvey at Oxford.

He was

• Organist of St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham 1856 - 1857,[2]
• Organist of Southwell Minster 1857 - 1872[2]
• Assistant Organist of Chester Cathedral 1873 - 1876[2][3]
• Organist of St. Andrew's Church, Nottingham 1876 - 1905[2]

Compositions

The hymn tune Southwell.[4]

References

1. Maggie Humphreys; Robert Evans (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. A&C Black. p. 180. ISBN 978-0-7201-2330-2.
2. Cathedral Organists, John E. West, London, Novello and Company, 1899.
3. The Succession of Organists, Watkins Shaw, 1991
4. The hymn tune Southwell in mp3 with five verses of organ only music.