Background
He was born on 14 December 1867 in Belfast, the son of James Adkins and Emma Ryan.
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James Adkins
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He studied at the Royal College of Music and trained at Ely Cathedral under the organist, Edmund Thomas Chipp.
Career
They had three children: Edith Grace Adkins b.1890 Edouardine Adkins b.1892 James Francis Basil Adkins 1899 - 1917 Eric Alan Edward Adkins 1904 - 1982 Both Basil and Eric were st Paul"s Cathedral choir boys. Whilst in Preston he was conductor of the Preston Amateur Operatic Society 1895 - 1901, Conductor of Chorley Choral Society, 1890 – 1891, and Conductor of Preston Choral Society, 1905 - 1907. He died on 4 January 1939 in Amounderness, Lancashire.
Organist at Saint Anne"s Church, Wandsworth Organist at All Saints" Church, Grosvenor Road, London Organist at Saint Stephen"s Church, East Twickenham Organist at Saint George"s Church, Esher Organist at Preston Parish Church 1890 – 1912 1.
