| Biography | Christopher Hugh Dearnley was born on 11 February 1930 in Wolverhampton. He was educated at Cranleigh School.
He was organ scholar at Worcester College, Oxford 1948 - 1952.
Whilst organist at St Paul's he would greatly amuse the choristers by turning up for choir practice in his plus fours which he would also wear whilst cycling around the City of London early in the mornings doing a (presumably one of his children's) paper round. On his retirement, he was appointed LVO in the 1990 Queen's Birthday Honours list.
He died in Australia on 15 December 2000.
Served in Salisbury Cathedral (1957-1968) and St Paul's Cathedral (1968-1990) |