title: Edwin Hobhouse Sircom
text: # 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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