Charles Hylton Stewart

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Memorial to Charles Hylton Stewart in Chester Cathedral

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

Background

Charles Hylton Stewart 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).

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

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

Career

Organist of:

St. Martin's Church, Scarborough 1908 - 1914
Blackburn Parish Church 1914 - 1916
Rochester Cathedral 1916 - 1930
Chester Cathedral 1930 - 1932

Cultural offices
Preceded by Bertram Luard-Selby	Organist and Master of the Choristers of Rochester Cathedral 1916-1930	Succeeded by Harold Aubie Bennett
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

↑ The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.

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Persondata
Name	Stewart, Charles Hylton
Alternative names
Short description	British musician
Date of birth	1884
Place of birth
Date of death	1932
Place of death

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