Charles Hylton Stewart facts for kids
Arthur Charles Lestoc Hylton Stewart (21 March 1884 – 14 November 1932) was an English cathedral organist, who served in Rochester Cathedral and St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle. 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, 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. In 1917, he married Gladys Maud Priestley Inglis, the daughter of Charles John Inglis and the granddaughter of Dr. James Inglis.
His brother was Bruce Hylton-Stewart. He died 14 November 1932.
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
