Background
He was born in Pendeen in Cornwall in 1885 to Edward Stevens Williams and Esther Thomas Maddern.
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Richard Maddern-Williams
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At age 16 he entered the Royal College of Music where he studied under Sir Walter Parratt, Walter Galpin Alcock, F.J. Read and Stevenson Hoyte.
Career
He received his first organ lessons from F. West. Searle of Penzance. Whilst in Norwich he was Music Master at the Norwich High School for Boys, and also Music Master for the Norwich Pagent in 1912. In 1942 he was made a bard of the Cornish Gorseth for services to music in Cornwall.
Organist at Church of Street Cuthbert, Wells 1904 - 1906 Assistant Organist at Wells Cathedral 1904 - 1906 Nave Organist at Wells Cathedral 1906 - 1908 Organist at Street Peter Mancroft Norwich 1908 - 1922 Organist at Street Peter Mancroft Norwich 1926 - 1941 Organist of Saint Paul"s Church, Penzance 1941 - 1955? Conductor of the Penzance Orchestral Society 1942 - 1946.
