Introduction

Biography

John was the hus­band of An­da­lu­sia Lou­isa Char­lotte Geor­gi­na Moles­worth, daugh­ter of Sam­uel Moles­worth, 8th Vis­count Moles­worth.

He gra­du­at­ed from Et­on and from Pemb­roke Col­lege, Ox­ford (BA 1881, MA 1883).

He helped ed­it The Eng­lish Hym­nal in 1906, and the 1911 re­vi­sion of the Pray­er Book.

For much of his life he was a mem­ber of the House of La­ity for the Pro­vince of Can­ter­bu­ry. At some point he ac­quired the Man­oir de la Tri­ni­té in Jer­sey, and thus be­came Seign­eur of the Is­land of Jer­sey. He was on the is­land when the Ger­mans in­vad­ed in World War II, and spent the rest of his life there.

Works

• Athos, or the Mount­ain of the Monks, 1887
• The Re­li­gious Quest­ion in Pub­lic Edu­ca­tion, 1911
• Concerning Hymn Tunes and Se­quenc­es (Lon­don: A. R. Mow­bray, 1915)