He was awarded Knight Bachelor of the Order of the British Empire in the 1981 Queen's Honours List for his services to music.
He was an organist at City Temple in London, England for 60 years.
He was interred at Highgate Cemetery (East) in Highgate, London, England.
His first wife and their daughter Evelyn Pamela (1927-2012) were painters. His second wife, born in a family of organists, was a specialist of the music of Olivier Messiaen.