De­cem­ber 29, 1832, South­wark, Sur­rey, Eng­land.

Oc­to­ber 26, 1909, Speld­hurst, Kent, Eng­land.

Pott at­tend­ed Brase­nose Coll­ege, Ox­ford, Eng­land (BA 1854, MA 1857), and took Ho­ly Or­ders in 1856. He served as Cur­ate at Bis­hops­worth, Glou­cester­shire (1858-68); Ard­ling­ly, Berk­shire (1858-61); Tice­hurst, Sus­sex (1861-6); and as Rec­tor at Nor­hill, Bed­ford­shire, 1866. He re­tired to Speld­hurst, Tun­bridge Wells. Pott wrote sev­er­al orig­in­al hymns, but is bet­ter known as a hymn trans­lat­or. Som­etimes his work is in­cor­rect­ly at­trib­ut­ed to Alfred Pott.

Pott served on the com­mit­tee which com­piled Hymns An­cient and Mo­dern, and ed­it­ed Hymns Fit­ted to the Or­der of Com­mon Pray­er (1861) and The Free Rhy­thm Psalte­r (1898). He re­tired due to deaf­ness in 1891.

• Julian, pp. 991, 225, 425, 1636
• McCutchan, p. 39
• Ryden, pp. 390-1
• Stulken, p. 232
• Telford, p. 360

1. Angel Voic­es, Ev­er Sing­ing
2. Lift Up Your Heads, Eter­nal Gates

1. Shepherd Now Was Smit­ten, The
2. Strife is o’er, the Bat­tle Done, The
3. Year Is Gone Be­yond Re­call, The