Lichfield Cathedral Organists

Lichfield Cathedral Organists and Directors of Music

Years	Organist / Director of Music	Installation Date	Leaving Date	Years Served	Notes
2010 -	Ben Lamb and Cathy Lamb	tbc	current		started 1 Sept 2010
from 1 September 2010 the post of Organist and Master of the Choristers becomes the post of Director of Music
2002 - 2010	Philip Scriven	15 Sept 2002	31 Aug 2010		started 1 Sept 2002; left to become Organist-in-Residence at Cranleigh School, Surrey
1992 - 2002	Andrew Michael Lumsden	1992	31 Aug 2002	10	started Jan 1992 after Mark Shepherd (Assistant Organist) had acted as O&MoC for one academic term; left to become Organist and Master of the Choristers at Winchester Cathedral
1978 - 1991	Jonathan Rees-Williams	16 July 1978	31 Aug 1991	13	started 1 Apr 1978; left to become Organist and Master of the Choristers at St George's Chapel, Windsor
1959 - 1977	Richard George Greening	1959	31 Dec 1977	18	resigned; d. 1979. All those who held the office before Richard Greening were also members of the Corporation of the Vicars Choral and installed into the Wolvey stall; one member of this body was paid £4 per annum extra for playing the organ, besides his duties as a singer.
1925 - 1959	Ambrose Probert Porter	8 May 1925	1959	34	started 1 May 1925; b. 1881, d. May(?) 1971
1881 - 1924	John Browning Lott	13 Aug 1881	1924	44	d. 28 Sept 1924; born in Kent, Faversham and was 48 at the time of the 1901 census; travelled from Margate to be auditioned, with success, on 2 Aug 1881 and was installed 11 days later
1864 - 1881	Thomas Bedsmore	9 July 1864	9 June 1881	17	d. 9 June 1881 after which a Mr J J C Briggs was temporarily employed as Organist
1807 - 1864	Samuel Spofforth	20 June 1807		57
1765 - 1807	William Brown	12 Oct 1765	3 Mar 1807	42	d. 3 Mar 1807, aged 71
1750 - 1760	John Alcock			10
? - 1749	George Lamb			?
1688 - ?	William Lamb (junior)			?
1662 - 1688	William Lamb (senior)			26
1638 - 1641	Henry Hinde			3
1618 - 1638	Michael East			20