Charles Hylton Stewart
English cathedral organist
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Arthur Charles Lestoc Hylton Stewart (21 March 1884 – 14 November 1932[1]) was an English organist and composer.[2]
Early life and education
The son of the Rev. Charles Henry Hylton Stewart and Florence Hope Dixon, Stewart was born at Chester and educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford. Like his younger brother Bruce, he was an organ scholar at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Career
After teaching music at Sedbergh School from 1907 to 1908,[3] Stewart served successively as organist and music director at St Martin-on-the-Hill, Scarborough (1908–1914), Blackburn parish church (1914–1916), Rochester Cathedral (1916–1930), Chester Cathedral (1930–1932) and St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle (1932). He died shortly after taking up his post at Windsor.[3]
Stewart composed several works for the organ and for choirs, including the tune "Rochester" for the hymn 'Light of the lonely pilgrim's heart' by Sir Edward Denny (New English Hymnal 399).[4]
Family
In 1917 Stewart married Gladys Maud Priestley Inglis, the daughter of Charles John Inglis and granddaughter of Dr. James Inglis.[3]