Peyton and Barber Professor of Music

The Peyton and Barber Professorship of Music is a named chair at the University of Birmingham. It was established in 1904 when Richard Peyton, a local businessman, endowed it with £10,000. The inaugural holder was the composer Edward Elgar, who left the post in 1908.^[1][2] As of 2018, the chair is held by Andrew Kirkman.

Peyton and Barber Professors of Music

• 1904–1908: Sir Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet, OM, GCVO.^[1][2]
• 1908–1934: Sir Granville Ransome Bantock.^[1][2]
• 1934–1944: Christian Victor Noel Hope Hely-Hutchinson.^[2][3]
• 1944–1946: Sir Jack Allan Westrup.^[2][4]
• 1947–1968: Sir Anthony Carey Lewis, CBE.^[2][5]
• 1968–1986: Ivor Christopher Banfield Keys, CBE.^[2][6]
• 1987–1992: Samuel Basil Deane.^[7]
• 1992–2012: Colin Ronald Timms.^[2][8]
• 2013–present: Andrew Kirkman.^[1][9]