Richard Yates Mander

Dr. Richard Yates Mander FRCO LRAM (1862^[1] - 31 March 1917) was an English organist and composer.

Education

He was born in 1862 in Leamington Spa, son of Richard Mander and Esther Evans.^[2] His father was a band master.

In 1879 he passed the senior examination of Trinity College of Music, when it was held in Leamington Spa.^[3] He was awarded his ARCO in 1883^[4] and his FRCO some time later. He graduated B.Mus (1896) and D.Mus (1902)^[5] at Queen's College, Oxford.^[6]

In September 1885, he married Elizabeth Catherine Taylor.^[7] The children from this marriage were:

• Richard Noel Mander, b. 1886
• Ester Maud Mander, b. 1887
• Catherine Mary Mander, b. 1889
• Lucy Evelyn Mander, b. 1891

He died in Ryde, Isle of Wight, on 31 March 1917^[8] and is buried in Ashey Cemetery.

Appointments

• Organist and choir master of St. John’s Church, Leamington Spa 1880 – 1888^[9]
• Organist of the St Philips Church, Birmingham 1888 - 1898
• Organist of All Saints' Church, Ryde 1898 - 1917
• He also served as music master of the College of the Blind, Worcester, and of the Royal Naval College at Osborne, Isle of Wight.
• He was teacher and organist of the Birmingham and Midland Institute of Music (1892-95) and organist to Ryde Corporation (from 1899).^[10]

Compositions

• A Harvest Anthem, Thou Shalt Shew Us Wonderful Things.
• "Glory to Thee, my God, this night" (submitted as his B.Mus exercise).^[11]

Cultural offices
Preceded by Charles John Blood Meacham	Organist and Master of the Choristers of St. Philip's Church, Birmingham 1888-1898	Succeeded by A. G. Thompson