Ernest E. Dugmore

Dugmore, Ernest Edward, M.A., son of William Dugmore, Q.C, was b. at Bayswater, 1843, and educated at Bruce Castle School and by private tutors, and Wadh. Coll., Oxford; B.A. 1867; M.A. 1869. Ordained in 1867, he held the curacy of St. Peter's, Vauxhall, 1867-72, when he became Vicar of Parkstone 1872, and Canon of Sarum and Preb. of Gillingham Major 1900. He published in 1884 Gospel Idylls and Other Sacred Verses; and in 1900 Hymns of Adoration for Church Use. Of his hymns the following were included in the 1904 edition of Hymns Ancient & Modern:--
1. Almighty Father of all things that he. No. 29 of Hymns of Adoration, 1900, as "For the Opening of an Exhibition." Abbreviated and slightly altered in Hymns Ancient & Modern to adapt it as a "General" hymn. It was originally composed for and used at a small industrial Exhibition held in his Parish.
2. Father Unoriginate. "To the Eternal Father," No. 20 in Hymns of Adoration, &c, in 7 stanzas of 6 lines. Abbreviated and partly re-written in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1904.
3. Christians, sing the Incarnation. No. 23 in Hymns of Adoration, &c., as a " Processional before the Eucharist," in 7 stanzas of 12 lines, and repeated in full, with slight alterations in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1904. Originally published with music, separately, at Vauxhall, 1870 or thereabouts.
4. Father, Who hast gathered This dear child to rest. Given in Hymns of Adoration, &c, No. 26, in 11 stanzas of 4 lines, as "For a Child's Funeral," the first line being "Jesu, Who hath gathered," Abbreviated and slightly altered in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1904.
These excerpts from Canon Dugmore's work are by no means the best in the book. Com¬pilers of sacred song should give heed to this fact.

--John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology, New Supplement (1907)