Career
He was related to the politician William Ewart Gladstone. He was a pupil of Samuel Sebastian Wesley at Winchester Cathedral. He earned his Music.Doc. at Cambridge University.
He was
Organist of Holy Trinity Church, Weston-super-Mare 1864-1866
Organist of Llandaff Cathedral 1866-1870
Organist of Chichester Cathedral 1870-1873
Organist of Street Patrick"s Church, Hove 1873-1875
Organist of Street Peter"s Church, Brighton 1875-1876
Organist of Saint Mark"s Church, Lewisham 1876-1877
Organist of Norwich Cathedral 1877-1881
Director of Music of Street Mary of the Angels, Bayswater 1881-1894.
He was also Professor of Organ (1885-1899) at the Royal College of Music 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.
lieutenant 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 lieutenant".