Hiles was ed­u­cat­ed at Ox­ford (BMus 1862, DMus 1867). He played the or­gan at Bury (1846), held sev­er­al other posts, then went to St. Paul’s, Hulme (1864-7). He was a lec­tur­er at Owen’s Coll­ege in Man­ches­ter (1867), and Pro­fess­or at the Man­ches­ter Coll­ege of Mu­sic (1893). His works in­clude:

• Twelve Tunes to Orig­in­al or Fa­vour­ite Hymns, 1867
• Wesley Tune Book, 1872 (ed­it­or)

Sources

Music

1. Haslingden
2. St. Leonard
3. Sweden