1875–1947

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Born: Feb­ru­ary 9, 1875, Lon­don, Eng­land.

Died: May 30, 1947, Ash­ford, Kent, Eng­land.

Buried: West­min­ster Ab­bey, Lon­don, Eng­land.

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Biography

Sydney was the son of Charles Ni­chol­son, 1st Ba­ro­net, and Sa­rah Eliza­beth Keight­ley.

He at­tend­ed Rug­by School; New Col­lege, Ox­ford; and the Roy­al Coll­ege of Mu­sic. He found­ed and di­rect­ed the Roy­al School of Church Mu­sic. In 1927, he found­ed the School of Eng­lish Church Mu­sic.

He played the or­gan in ma­ny lo­ca­tions:

He ed­ited Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern (1916–47), and was knight­ed in 1938.

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