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The Right Reverend Thomas Anselm Burge O.S.B., (14 September 1846 - 17 July 1929) was a Catholic parish priest in Aigburth, Liverpool, England, and became Abbot of Westminster Cathedral. He was also an accomplished musician and expert in Church Music.

Early Life

‘’’Fr. Burge’’’ was born in London and educated first at Dr Crookall’s School, Woolhampton and then from 1860-65, at Ampleforth College.

Church life

The following is a summary of several obituaries.,

Fr Burge took Solemn Vows and became Subdeacon in 1969. He as ordained Priest in 1874 and, after some other posts, was Prior of Ampleforth from 1885-1897. He settled as Parish Priest of St_Austin's_Church,_Grassendale, from 1899 and lived at the Presbytery in Aigburth Road, Liverpool, until his death in 1929, havng been nominated as Abbot of Westminster Cathedral in 1917. He is buried at Ampleforth.

Musical life

Fr. Burge was an accomplished musician and an authority on church music. He was a founder of the Rodewald Concert Society in Liverpool, but resigned from the Committee in 1913.. His compositions include: Songs ‘Ave Maria! O Maiden, O Mother’, and 'Poor Lorraine'. For the Liverpool 700th Anniversary Pageant he also composed <ref> For composing, he sometimes used the pseudonym ‘Laurence Ampleforth'.

References

1. Liverpool Archdiocese Directory and Guide to the Quarant’ Ore, 1930, p.29
2. http://www.plantata.org.uk/obits/matthews/burge_a.htm,
3. Archives of the Rodewald Concrt Society, Liverpool Record Office, Ref 780 RCS/1/1/1, 27 Apr 1911