Theodore Edward Aylward (Jr.) (1844–1933), was born in

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and later became a pupil of S. S. Wesley and was

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of St. Matthew's Church, Cheltenham, St. Columba's College, Rathfarnham (1866) and St. Martin's, Salisbury, before succeeding

Francis Edward Gladstone Francis Edward Gladstone (2 March 1845 – 6 September 1928)
, reprint of obituary in ''RCM Magazine'' 24/3 (1928 ...

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in 1870. He was recommended to the Dean and Chapter of Chichester Cathedral by

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(then Organist of Magdalen College, Oxford) after stringent competition, and was therefore appointed Organist and Master of the Choristers at Chichester Cathedral. In 1886, Aylward left Chichester and was appointed Organist of the Public Hall, and of St. Andrew's Church in Cardiff. He is often confused with his great great uncle,

Theodore Aylward Sr. Theodore Aylward (1730–1801) was an English organist. He was organist successively of St Lawrence Jewry and St Michael, Cornhill (1769–1781), in London, and of St. George's Chapel, Windsor (1788–1801). As well as these appointments, he wa ...

, sometime Organist & Master of the Choristers of

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External links

* Aylward'
personal collection of music scores
is housed at Special Collections and Archives, Cardiff University. Cathedral organists 1844 births 1933 deaths Organists & Masters of the Choristers of Chichester Cathedral {{UK-composer-stub