Introduction

Biography

William was the son of Will­iam Bam­bridge of Wind­sor, Berk­shire, and Sophia Thor­ring­ton, and hus­band of Lou­isa Ma­ria Coombes (mar­ried Au­gust 31, 1886, Saint Pe­ter and Saint Paul Church, Marl­bo­rough, Eng­land).

He moved to Eng­land at age six. For a while, he was a cho­ris­ter at St. George’s, Wind­sor. By age 10, he was play­ing the or­gan at Clew­er.

He at­tend­ed Ox­ford Uni­ver­si­ty (MusB 1872), and lat­er moved to Marl­bo­rough and mar­ried Lou­isa Ma­ria Coombs, al­so a pro­fes­sor of mu­sic, in Sep­tem­ber, 1885 (they had one son, al­so called Will­iam Sam­uel, born 1889).

Bambridge served as or­gan­ist and choir mas­ter at Marl­bo­rough Col­lege (1864–1911).