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Charles Hylton Stewart (1884–1932) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Rochester Cathedral and St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle[1].
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
Cultural offices Preceded by
Bertram Luard-SelbyOrganist and Master of the Choristers of Rochester Cathedral
1916-1930Succeeded by
Harold Aubie BennettPreceded by
Henry Walford DaviesOrganist and Master of the Choristers of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
1932Succeeded by
William Henry HarrisReferences
- ^ The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.
Categories:- Organists
- English organists
- English classical organists
- Cathedral organists
- 1884 births
- 1932 deaths
- People from Chester
- Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge
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