Samuel Myerscough (1854–1932), was an English organist, teacher and examiner. He was a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists and a Fellow of Trinity College London.
Myerscough was born in 1854 in Salford, Lancashire.See 1871, 1881, and 1891 Censuses of England and Wales A gifted musician, he was awarded the Royal College of Organists Medal in 1873. He graduated with a Bachelor of Music from Hertford College, Oxford in October 1881.Leeds Mercury, October 14, 1881 and The Morning Post (London), October 28, 1881
He was appointed as assistant organist at Manchester Cathedral and the family moved there. He was a convert to Catholicism in 1899, accepted into the church by Fr. Bernard Vaughan S.J., gave up his job at the Cathedral and moved to Dublin, where he taught music in Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham. In 1904 Myerscough founded the Leinster School of Music & Drama in Dublin, now part of Griffith College.Leinster School of Music and Drama website The Musical Herald wrote at length of his prominence in Irish musical life:
He is listed as a member The Musical Association as "Myerscough, S., Esq., B.Mns. Oxon., F.R.C.O. (Liverpool)". He died on 28 March 1932 aged 78 years and is buried in Deans Grange Cemetery, Co Dublin.Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives - Headstones: No. 16 Deansgrange North Section, Deans Grange Cemetery, Co. Dublin
Family His son Samuel Sebastian Myerscough (1879-1954), also a gifted musician, attained a Bachelor of Music at Oxford. He became a Jesuit Priest, training at Oscott College Birmingham.Obituary Fr. Samuel Sebastian Myerscough The Cottonian, Page 2, Vol. XL111. Part 1, No. 92, (Autumn 1954) His daughter Alice Myerscough was also music teacher. The Myerscough family lived in 3 Fontenoy Terrace, Bray, Co Wicklow.
References
External links - Leinster School of Music & Drama website - The Royal Musical Association website - The Royal College of Organists