Charles Hylton Stewart

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-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

1. ^ The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.

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Name	Stewart, Charles Hylton
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Date of birth	1884
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Date of death	1932
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