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Charles Hylton Stewart (21 March 1884 – 14 November 1932[1]) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Rochester Cathedral and St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle.[2] He also produced several compositions for organ, and a few for choir.

Background

Arthur Charles Lestoc Hylton Stewart[3] was born on 21 March 1884 in Chester, the son of Charles Henry Hylton Stewart (a minor canon of Chester Cathedral and previously Organist and Master of the Choristers of Chichester Cathedral).

His brother was Bruce Hylton-Stewart.

He was a chorister at Magdalen College, Oxford and organ scholar of Peterhouse, Cambridge.

He was music master at Sedbergh School from 1907 - 1908.

In 1917, he married Gladys Maud Priestley Inglis, the daughter of Charles John Inglis and the granddaughter of Dr. James Inglis.[4]

He died 14 November 1932.[5]

Career

Organist of:

• St. Martin's Church, Scarborough 1908 - 1914
• Blackburn Parish Church 1914 - 1916
• Rochester Cathedral 1916 - 1930
• Chester Cathedral 1930 - 1932
• St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 1932

Cultural offices
Preceded by Richard Henry Coleman	Organist and Master of the Choristers of Blackburn Cathedral 1914–1916	Succeeded by Herman Brearley
Preceded by Bertram Luard-Selby	Organist and Master of the Choristers of Rochester Cathedral 1916–1930	Succeeded by Harold Aubie Bennett
Preceded by John Hughes	Organist and Master of the Choristers of Chester Cathedral 1930-1932	Succeeded by Malcolm Boyle
Preceded by Henry Walford Davies	Organist and Master of the Choristers of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle 1932	Succeeded by William Henry Harris

References

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