Augusta Amherst Austen

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Augusta Amherst Austen (2 August 1827 – 5 August 1877) was a British organist and composer who mainly wrote hymn tunes. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music and learned organ from Mrs. G. F. Anderson, who taught Queen Victoria.

During her career she served as a church organist for most of the time: at Ealing Church from 1844 to 1848, and at Paddington Chapel from 1848 to 1857. She wrote several hymn tunes, including "St. Agnes," which was published in Charles Steggall's Church Psalmody in 1849.

She married military tailor Thomas Anstey Guthrie soon after leaving Paddington Chapel. Their son, also named Thomas Anstey Guthrie, became a well-known novelist. Augusta Austen died suddenly in Glasgow on 5 August 1877.