Gerald Moultrie was a Victorian public schoolmaster and Anglican hymnographer born on 16 September 1829 in Rugby Rectory, Warwickshire, England. He died on 25 April 1885 in Southleigh, England, aged 55.
Biography
His father, John Moultrie was also a hymn writer. He was educated at Rugby School and Exeter College, Oxford. He received his BA in 1851 and his MA in 1856 from Oxford. Taking Holy Orders, he held a number of positions. He became Third Master and Chaplain in Shrewsbury School; Chaplain to the Dowager Marchioness of Londonderry (1855–59); Curate of Brightwalton (1859); and of Brinfield, Berkshire (1860); Chaplain of the Donative of Barrow Gurney, Bristol (1864); Vicar of Southleigh (1869); and Warden of St. James' College, Southleigh (1873). He wrote multiple hymns, along with some hymn translations, including Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence. He published several hymn books among which the Cantica Sanctorum (1850), Hymns and Lyrics for the Seasons and Saints' Days of the Church (1867).
He died on 25 April 1885 in Southleigh, England, aged 55.
Work
Moultrie's published works include:
Cantica Sanctorum, or Hymns for the Black Letter Saints Days in the English and Scottish Calendars, 1850
The Primer Set Forth at Large for the Use of the Faithful, 1864
Hymns from the Post Reformation Editions, 1864
The Devout Communicant, 1867
Hymns and Lyrics for the Seasons and Saints' Days of the Church, 1867
The Espousals of S. Dorothea and Other Verses, 1870
Six Years' Work in Southleigh, 1875
Hymns
