James Edmeston

James Edmeston (10 September 1791 – 7 January 1867) was an English architect and surveyor; he was also known as a prolific writer of church hymns.

He was born in Wapping, Middlesex, England. Maternal grandfather was the Reverend Samuel Brewer, pastor of an independent congregation in Stepney for 50 years.^{[citation needed]}

He began as an architect in 1816 and Sir George Gilbert Scott was his pupil.^{[citation needed]}

He served as the church warden at St. Barnabas in Homerton, Middlesex, and was a strong supporter of and frequent visitor to the London Orphan Asylum. Edmeston is said to have written 2000 hymns, one every Sunday.^{[citation needed]}

He died in Homerton in 1867.

References

• Julian, John (June, 1907). A Dictionary of Hymnology. London: John Murray. pp. 321–322. 
• Bailey, Albert Edward (1950). The Gospel in Hymns. New York: Charles Scribner's sons. pp. 166–168.