Gerard Moultrie

16 September 1829—25 April 1885

REV. GERARD MOULTRIE is the son of the Rev. John Moultrie. He was educated at Exeter College, Oxford, where he became B.A., 1852, and M.A., 1856. He was ordained as deacon in 1853, and as priest in 1858. He acted as third master of Shrewsbury School from 1852 to 1855, and was head-master of the Royal Kepler Grammar School from 1855 to 1864, during which time he was also chaplain to the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry. From 1864 to 1869 he was incumbent of Barrow-Gurney, Bristol. He was appointed vicar of Southleigh in 1869, and warden of St. James’s College, Southleigh, 1873. He is present at Southleigh Vicarage, Witney (1885).

In 1864 he began to translate and compose hymns, and has written many separate hymns, processionals and sermons. He is the author of Hymns and Lyrics, 1864. In 1867 he was associated with Dr. Littledale in the editorship of The People’s Hymnal, which contains thirty-five of his pieces, most of them being original, but a few are translations. Some are given with a reference to his Hymns and Lyrics; others with the signature “M.”; others with the initials of his nom de plume, “D.P.” (for “Desiderius Pastor”), and one is signed “The Primer.”

by Samuel Duffield
English Hymns: Their Authors and History, 3rd Ed. (1888)

Featured Hymns:

Let all mortal flesh keep silence

Collections of Hymns and Poems:

The Primer (1864): PDF
The Wreck of the “London” (1865): WorldCat
Hymns and Lyrics (1867): PDF
Hymns and Carols for Children (1869): PDF
Espousals of S. Dorothea (1870): PDF
Cantica Sanctorum (1880): WorldCat

see also:

Lyra Eucharistica, 2nd ed. (1864): Archive.org
Lyra Messianica (1864): Archive.org
The Church Times (1864–1865)
The People’s Hymnal (1867): WorldCat
The Altar Hymnal

words-only (1884): WorldCat
with music (1885): WorldCat

Related Resources:

Gerard Moultrie, Six Years’ Work at Southleigh: A Report, 2nd ed. (Oxford: Upstone and Doe, 1883): WorldCat

Samuel Duffield, “Gerard Moultrie,” English Hymns: Their Authors and History, 3rd Ed. (NY: Funk & Wagnalls, 1888), pp. 60–61: Archive.org

John Julian, “Gerard Moultrie,” A Dictionary of Hymnology (London: J. Murray, 1892), pp. 771–772: Google Books

Charles S. Robinson, Annotations upon Popular Hymns (NY: Hunt & Eaton, 1893), pp. 150, 227, 312, 468, 512: Archive.org

Rosemary Scott, “John Moultrie,” Oxford Dictionary of National Biography:
https://doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/19434

J.R. Watson, “Gerard Moultrie,” Canterbury Dictionary of Hymnology:
http://www.hymnology.co.uk/g/gerard-moultrie

Gerard Moultrie, Hymnary.org:
https://hymnary.org/person/Moultrie_G