1. (unknown) Henshaw
2.. William Henshaw (1791-1877)
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William Henshaw [ID 18649]
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Born 1791.1,2,3
William Henshaw died Sep 30 1877, Clapham, England; buried Nunhead Cemetery.1,2,3 (Oct 30 1877).4 (1878).5
William was Doctor of Music, and Organist and Choir Master at Durham Cathedral,1,2,5 serving from 18145 (1813)2,6 (1811)3 to 1862.2,3,5 A history of Durham Cathedral noted about William Henshaw:5
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Appointed aged 22 on "the same salary (without the daily allowance) as Mr.Clarke" - who had moved to Worcester Cathedral. In a report of the Parliamentary Commissioners at the time of the Cathedrals Act 1840, the Durham Organist's salary of £209 was noted as "the highest". [The Dean's income became £3000 as a result of the Act]. Henshaw lived at 13 Bow Lane, resigned on a pension for life of £260 pa, and died in 1878.
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Photo: William Henshaw
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Photo: Biographical sketch of William Henshaw and his brother Thomas Weogzell Henshaw
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Sources
- Contribution from Christine Parkinson ().
- "Cathedral Organists Past and Present", by John Ebenezer West (London: Novello and Company Ltd., 1899); http://books.google.com.
- "British Musical Biography: A Dictionary of Musical Artists, Authors and Composers",
by James Duff Brown and Stephen S. Stratton (Birmingham: Chadfield and Son Ltd., 1897); http://books.google.com.
- Durham County Record Office; Index to obituaries in the "Durham Directory"; http://www.durham.gov.uk.
- "The succession of organists at Durham Cathedral": http://www.duresme.org.uk/CATH/successn.htm.
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Cathedral.
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