Walter Kendall Stanton

STANTON, Walter Kendall. b. Dauntsey, Wiltshire, 29 September 1891; d. Shaftesbury, Dorset, 30 June 1978. He was a chorister of Salisbury Cathedral. He continued his interest in music at Lancing College, Sussex, from which he won an organ scholarship to Merton College, Oxford in 1909. He was Director of Music at St Edward’s School, Oxford (1915-24), and subsequently at Wellington College, Berkshire (1924-37, during which time he also directed the music department of the newly-founded Reading University from 1927 onwards). He was head of music for the BBC Midland region (1937-45), and concluded his career as the first Professor of Music at Bristol University (1947-58). While at Wellington he...