Henry Westrop
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Henry John Westrop (22 July 1812 – 23 September 1879) was an English organist, violinist and composer.
Westrop was born in 1812 in Lavenham, Suffolk, and made his first appearance at 13, at the Sudbury Theatre as pianist, violinist and singer. He afterwards became organist at St. Stephen's, Norwich; in 1831 at Little Stanmore; in 1832 at Fitzroy Chapel in Maple Street, London, and in 1834 at St Edmund, Lombard Street, London, retaining the post until his death in 1879.[1][2] He was buried on the western side of Highgate Cemetery.[3]
He at one time played the violin at the Royal Italian Opera and the Philharmonic Society, of which he was a member.[1]
Family
His daughter Kate,[4] a pianist, succeeded him as organist in the city. His younger brothers, East John, and Thomas, were also musicians; Thomas's name is affixed to the translation of Charles-Simon Catel's Treatise on Harmony (1876).[1]