Henry Stonex


Henry Stonex was a composer and organist based in Great Yarmouth.

Life

He was born in Norwich on 18 May 1823 to Rowland Stonex and Mary Bridgman.
He married Mary Tilney Bassett, daughter of Henry Bassett of Heigham, on 16 January 1851 and had the following children:
  • Mary Gertrude Stonex
  • Henry Bassett Stonex
  • Florence Tilney Stonex
  • Canon Francis Stonex
  • Edward Claude Stonex
  • Edith Bassett Stonex
  • Alfred Herbert Stonex
  • Blanche Lillian Stonex
He studied organ under James Harcourt at St Peter Mancroft, and then was apprenticed to Zechariah Buck at Norwich Cathedral.
Whilst in Great Yarmouth he conducted the Yarmouth Musical Society for many years.
He died in 1897 in Great Yarmouth.

Appointments

Compositions

He is best known for his psalm chant which is still widely used in Anglican churches to this day, and has been recorded frequently.