William Hutchins Callcott

William Hutchins Callcott (1807 - 5 August 1882) was an English organist, composer and arranger of music. Callcott, born in Kensington in 1807, was a younger son of the musician John Wall Callcott, and nephew of the painter Augustus Wall Callcott. As a child he received some instruction from his father, and later continued his studies under his brother-in-law, William Horsley. On 4 July 1830 he was elected a member of the Royal Society of Musicians. Callcott was for some years organist of Ely Place Chapel. In the latter part of his life he suffered much from ill-health. He died in Kensington on 5 August 1882, and was buried on the 9 August at Kensal Green Cemetery. His son Robert Stuart Callcott, who showed great promise as an organist and musician, died in the spring of 1886 at an early age.