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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

References

1. "Charles Hylton Stewart (1884-1932) on Hyperion Records".
2. The Succession of Organists. Watkins Shaw.
3. "Charles Hylton Stewart". City and County Notes. The Chester Chronicle. Chester, Cheshire, England. 6 December 1958. p. 24.
4. Humphreys, Maggie; Evans, Robert (1 January 1997). Dictionary of Composers for the Church in Great Britain and Ireland. London, England: Mansell Publishing Ltd. p. 178. ISBN 9780720123302.
5. ^ "Son Of A Former Bath Rector: Windsor Castle Organist Dead". Bath Weekly Chronicle and Herald. Bath, Avon, England. 19 November 1932. p. 20.

• English classical organists
• Cathedral organists
• 1884 births
• 1932 deaths
• Musicians from Chester
• Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge
• 20th-century English organists
• 20th-century English male musicians
• 20th-century English classical musicians
• English male classical organists