Charles John Blood Meacham (20 December 1850 [1] - 16 January 1930) was an English organist and composer.
Charles John Blood Meacham (20 December 1850 [1] - 16 January 1930) was an English organist and composer.
Charles John Blood Meacham, was born on 20 December 1850 and baptised on 2 February 1851. He was the son of John Meacham (1819 – 1887) and Elizabeth Blood (1814 – 1877). He was educated at St John’s College, Cambridge where he was awarded Mus.B. in 1871. [2] He then trained at Ely Cathedral.
Ely Cathedral is an Anglican cathedral in the city of Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.
He married Eliza Melson on 28 August 1877 in Lapworth Parish Church. They had one son, Hugh St. Alban Meacham (1881 – 1967).
He died on 16 January 1930 in Edgbaston, Birmingham. A legacy from his estate was used to create The C J B Meacham Trust, which is now administered by the Diocese of Coventry. It provides credit to the Diocesan stipends fund.
The Diocese of Coventry is a Church of England diocese in the Province of Canterbury. It is headed by the Bishop of Coventry, who sits at Coventry Cathedral in Coventry, and is assisted by one suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Warwick. The diocese covers Coventry and Warwickshire.
The Cathedral Church of Saint Philip is the Church of England cathedral and the seat of the Bishop of Birmingham. Built as a parish church and consecrated in 1715, St Philip's became the cathedral of the newly formed Diocese of Birmingham in 1905. St Philip's was built in the early 18th century in the Baroque style by Thomas Archer and is located on Colmore Row, Birmingham, England. The cathedral is a Grade I listed building. St Philip's is the third smallest cathedral in England after Derby and Chelmsford.
St. George's Church, Edgbaston, is a parish church in the Church of England in Edgbaston, Birmingham.
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| Preceded by Henry Simms | Organist and Master of the Choristers of St. Philip's Church, Birmingham 1871-1888 | Succeeded by Richard Yates Mander |
This article is about music-related events in 1822.
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