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St Peter’s Anglican Church - Willis Street Wellington

Organists/Choirmasters of This Parish

This is a work in progress. Information will be added as it is researched or comes to hand.

If you know of any of the people named here and would like to contribute to the information on them please see the contact details at the bottom of the page.

Date

Person

1848 - 1870 No records traced except that in accounts for 1861 a Mrs Askin is mentioned
1871 – 1878 Mr Hamerton
1878 – 1881 Mr Angelo Forrest

1881 – 1890

Mr Hautrie West
1890 – 1897 Mr Thomas Tallis Trimnell*+

1897 – 1920

Dr William Kington Fyffe*+
1921 – 1943 Mr Sydney Bernard Shortt*+
1943 - 1945
(Dec 43 - early 45, locum tenens)
Mr E Millward Anderson
1944 – 1949 Mr John Randal, LRSM +

(1948

(Mrs A Shepherd & Mr Brian Withers, Loca tenentes)

1949 -1956

Mr Clement Howe +
1956 - 1966 Mr Laurie Scott (on leave 12/64-2/66)
1964 - 1971 Mr Antony Jennings (Mr Scott on leave)
1971 - 1973 Dr John Hawley
1973 – 1974 Mr Antony Jennings (Dr Hawley on leave)
1975 - 1979 Dr John Hawley
1979 – 1994 Mr Geoffrey Coker
(1983 - 2003 Mr William Aldridge, ass’t organist)
1995 - 1996 ??
1997 - 200x Mrs Dianne Halliday

*See Wall Brasses placed in the Chancel

+Died in office

If you have information on the persons listed above and would like to see it on the website please contact:

Director of Music

Dianne Halliday
phone 027 513 3400

Webmistress

Sandra Moosman
phone (04) 385 1416

Parish office

phone (04) 382-8486
Office email:
office@stpetersonwillis.org.nz

 

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