Memorial to Charles Hylton Stewart in Chester Cathedral

Charles Hylton Stewart (21 March 1884 – 14 November 1932) was an English cathedral organist, who served in

Rochester Cathedral Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is an English church of Norman architecture in Rochester, Kent. The church is the cathedral of the Diocese of Rochester in the Church of England and the s ...

and

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. He also produced several compositions for organ, and a few for choir.

Background

Arthur Charles Lestoc Hylton Stewart was born on 21 March 1884 in

Chester Chester is a cathedral city and the county town of Cheshire, England. It is located on the River Dee, close to the English–Welsh border. With a population of 79,645 in 2011,"2011 Census results: People and Population Profile: Chester Loca ...

, the son of

Charles Henry Hylton Stewart Charles Henry Hylton Stewart (1849 - 1922) was an English clergyman and organist. Background Stewart was educated in Bath, Somerset before entering Christ's College, Cambridge in 1870. Migrating to St Catharine's College in 1871, he graduated B ...

(a minor canon of

Chester Cathedral Chester Cathedral is a Church of England cathedral and the mother church of the Diocese of Chester. It is located in the city of Chester, Cheshire, England. The cathedral, formerly the abbey church of a Benedictine monastery dedicated to Sain ...

and previously Organist and Master of the Choristers of

Chichester Cathedral Chichester Cathedral, formally known as the Cathedral Church of the Holy Trinity, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Chichester. It is located in Chichester, in West Sussex, England. It was founded as a cathedral in 1075, when the seat of the ...

). His brother was

Bruce Hylton-Stewart Bruce de la Coeur Hylton-Stewart (27 November 1891 – 1 October 1972) was a musician and schoolteacher who played first-class cricket for Somerset and Cambridge University between 1912 and 1914. Born at New Brighton and brought up also in Che ...

. He was a chorister at

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and organ scholar of

Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite ...

. He was music master at

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from 1907 - 1908. In 1917, he married Gladys Maud Priestley Inglis, the daughter of Charles John Inglis and the granddaughter of Dr. James Inglis. He died 14 November 1932.

Career

Organist of: * St. Martin's Church, Scarborough 1908 - 1914 * Blackburn Parish Church 1914 - 1916 *

1916 - 1930 *

1930 - 1932 *

1932

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stewart, Charles Hylton English classical organists British male organists Cathedral organists 1884 births 1932 deaths People from Chester Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge 20th-century organists 20th-century British male musicians 20th-century classical musicians Male classical organists