Background
Cyril Arthur Bennett Horsford was born in 1876, the son of the Honorary
Cyril Arthur Bennett Horsford was born in 1876, the son of the Honorary
He was educated at Bedford Modern School and Edinburgh University where he took the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Ch.B in 1898.
A passion for music led him to publish a work for singers,, after which he was much sought after by the leading singers of his day. He later became Laryngologist to the Royal Choral Society, Royal College of Music and the Royal Society of Musicians. Samuel Horsford of Street Kitts in the West Indies.
He took the degree of Doctor of Medicine in 1902 and was elected Fellowship of the Royal College of Surgeons in the same year.
Horsford served as clinical assistant at the Throat Hospital in Golden Square and was registrar at the Central Throat and Ear Hospital (1905-1913). He would later set up private practice on Harley Street.
In 1912 he wrote a medical paper entitled ‘Why voices fail’ following which he attracted many singers to his practice on Harley Street. Such was his success that he became laryngologist to the Royal College of Music, the Royal Choral Society and the Royal Society of Musicians.
He regularly lectured on the ‘medical aspects of voice production’.
Horsford"s later hospital appointments included the posts of honorary surgeon to the Princess Beatrice Hospital in Kensington and honorary surgeon in charge of the ear, nose and throat department of the Street Pancras Dispensary. Horsford married Edith Louise (née Sayers), the adopted daughter and ward of the late Mission Lascelles-Jones.