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Charles Henry Hylton Stewart

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Memorial to Charles Henry Hylton Stewart in Chester Cathedral

Charles Henry Hylton Stewart (1849 - 1922) was an English clergyman and organist.

Background

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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. in 1874 and M.A. in 1877.[1]

Charles Henry Hylton Stewart was Choral Scholar and Organist of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[2] On James Pyne's departure, he acted as interim Organist of Chichester Cathedral and was formally appointed in May 1874.[3] The following year he left to take Holy Orders and was successively Minor Canon Precentor of Chester Cathedral (1877–89), Vicar of New Brighton (1889 - 1904),[4] and Rector of Bathwick, Bath (1904–16).

Family

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His son Charles Hylton Stewart, was Organist of Rochester Cathedral and of St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

His second son, Bruce Hylton-Stewart, played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club and appears generally to have used a hyphen in his surname.

References

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  1. ^ "Stewart, Charles Henry Hilton (or Hylton) (STWT870CH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  2. ^ West, John Ebenezer (1899). Cathedral Organists Past and Present. London: Novello. p. 18. OCLC 271071307.
  3. ^ Plumley, N. (1988). The Organs and Organists of Chichester Cathedral. Phillimore. ISBN 978-0-85033-664-1.
  4. ^ Pike, William Thomas (1987). A Dictionary of Edwardian Biography. P. Bell. p. 220. ISBN 978-0-946687-14-5.
Cultural offices
Preceded by Organist and Master of the Choristers
of Chichester Cathedral

1874-1875
Succeeded by