English musical composer, born at Bowdon, Cheshire, on the 13th of August 1879, the son of Alexander Ireland, editor and proprietor of the Manchester Examiner. He was educated at Dinglewood preparatory school, Colwyn Bay, and Leeds grammar school, and afterwards entered the Royal College of Music. Later he was organist to St. Luke’s Church, Chelsea, and obtained the degree of Bachelor of Music at Durham University in 1908. His earliest published work was the Phantasy trio for piano and strings (1908), followed by sonatas in D minor and A minor for violin and piano and a second trio in one movement. In 1913 appeared an orchestral work The Forgotten Rite. His other works include Decorations (1914) and Rhapsody (1915) for piano; Four Preludes for pianoforte (1915); a trio in E minor (1917); a piano sonata in E (1919) and a series entitled London Pieces (1917–20); together with a vast number of songs and much church music.
