Torrance, Rev. George William

Torrance, Rev. George WilliamTorrance, George WilliamGeorge William Torrance (* Rathmines, Dublin, 1835; † Kilkenny, Ireland, 20 Aug. 1907), composer, organist. He studied music in Dublin and Leipzig and was ordained a Church of England priest in 1866. After his arrival at Williamstown in 1869 he was at Christ Church, South Yarra, 1870–71, St John s, Latrobe Street, 1871–77, 1895–97, All Saints, Geelong, 1877–78 and Holy Trinity, Balaclava, 1878–95. From 1872 to 1876 he was acting principal of…