Thomas Lucas Duerden

Thomas Lucas Duerden was born in Blackburn in 1898.

He served in the Royal Navy towards the end of World War I.^[2]

He was music master of Hutton Grammar School, Preston 1932 to 1947, and Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, 1938 to 1963.

He was awarded a Fellowship of the Royal School of Church Music in 1964.

Organist of:

• St. John's Church, Blackburn, 1919–1939
• Blackburn Cathedral, 1939–1964^[3]