Biographical Dictionary of the Organ
Organ Biography > Places and Organs > England > Portsmouth > St. Thomas-à-Beckett (Parish Church) > England > Portsmouth > St. Thomas-à-Beckett' Cathedral
St. Thomas-à-Beckett (Parish Church), Portsmouth, England
| Organ History | |
|---|---|
| Built by Smith | |
| 1885 | Restored by Hunter of London |
| 1920 | Rebuilt by Ivimey of Southampton |
| Status | |
| Unknown | |
| Sources | |
| “Dictionary of Organs and Organists”, George Mate & Son, 1921. | |
| Frank W. Haycraft - ”Organs of Portsmouth, Southsea & District”, R. Allen, 1932. | |
| Manuals | Stops | Ranks | Couplers | Action |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 35 | - | 6 | - |
| List of Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1539 | Thomas Fountayne |
| 1740-97 | Moses Hawker (-1797) |
| 1797-99 | John Webb (-1799) |
| 1799-1807 | John Webb |
| 1807-42 | Stephen Sibly (1766-1842) |
| 1842-53 | Henry Albert Lambeth (1822-1895) |
| 1853-a1859 | John Hiles (1810-1882) |
| c1869-c1880 | A. Godwin Fowles (1840-1906) |
| 18887-92 | H. Harvey Pinches (1863-1949) |
| 1892-98 | Samuel Round (1866-1898) |
| 1898-1925 | Robert H. Turner (1859-1941) |
| 1925-31 | Hugh A. Burry (1871-1939) |
| 1931-44 | Thomas Newboult (1889-1956) |
| 1945-59 | John Davison (1898-1972) |
| 1959-64 | Maxwell Menzies (1912-) |
| 1969-77 | Christopher Gower (1939-) |
| 1977-90 | Anthony Froggatt (1946-) |
| 1990-96 | Adrian Lucas (1962-) |
| 1996- | David Price (1969-) |
| List of Assistant Organists | |
|---|---|
| 1963-78 | Hugh Davis (1916-2010) |
| 1965-68 | Peter Stevenson (1928-) |
| 1978-99 | David Thorne (1951-) |
| 1999-2005 | Rosemary Field |
| 2005-11 | Marcus Wibberley (1981-) |
| 2012-18 | Oliver Hancock |
| 2018- | Sachin Gunga |
| List of Organ Scholars | |
|---|---|
| 1999-2000 | James Davy |
| 2000 | William Ings |
| 2001-02 | Edward Taylor |
| 2002-03 | Richard Hills |
| 2003 | Christopher Eastwood |
| 2008-09 | Max Puller |
| 2009 | William Drakett |
| 2010 | Kate Macpherson (1988-) |
| 2011-12 | Nick Miller |
| 2012 | David Harris |
| 2013 | William Wallace |
| 2014 | Callum Alger |
| 2015 | Luke Fitzgerald |
| 2016 | Rupert Jackson |
| 2017 | Benjamin Banks |
| 2018 | James Furniss-Roe |
| 2019 | Samuel Jones |
Please note we have not yet completed the full cross index of organists to churches, &c.