Francis Edward Gladstone (2 March 1845 – 6 September 1928)
, reprint of obituary in ''RCM Magazine'' 24/3 (1928), 100. Royal College of Music. in

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, was an English organist. He was related to the politician

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Career

He was a pupil of

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. He earned his Mus.Doc. at

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. He was *Organist of Holy Trinity Church, Weston-super-Mare 1864-66 *Organist of

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1866-70 *Organist of

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1870-73 *Organist of St Patrick's Church, Hove 1873-75 *Organist of

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1875-76 *Organist of St. Mark's Church, Lewisham 1876-77 *Organist of

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1877-81 *Director of Music of

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1881–94. John E. West, ''Cathedral Organists'', London: Novello and Company, 1899. He was also Professor of Organ (1885–99) at the

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and Professor of Harmony and Counterpoint there from 1884 to 1910. He died in Hereford. An obituary observed: "He loved to be well prepared in everything. It was exactly like him, not only to have written the composition for his own funeral but to have coached the monks beforehand who were to sing it."

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