Charles Henry Hylton Stewart

Memorial to Charles Henry Hylton Stewart in Chester Cathedral

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

Education and career

Organist

Stewart was educated in Bath, Somerset, before entering Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1870. Migrating to St Catharine's College in 1871, where he was choral scholar and organist,[1] he was awarded a B.A. in 1874 and an M.A. in 1877.[2]. He served briefly as organist of Chichester Cathedral from 1874 to 1875.[3]

Clergyman

Steward left his position at Chichester Cathedral to take holy orders and was ordained a deacon by the Bishop of Rochester in 1875 and a priest the following year. After serving as curate of Pebmarsh in Essex (1875−1877), he wasa minor canon, precentor and sacristan of Chester Cathedral (1877−1889), vicar of New Brighton in Cheshire (1889–1904),[4] and rector of Bathwick with Woolley in Somerset (1904–1916). He later served as an honorary canon of Chester from 1916 until his death.

Family

Stewart married Florence Hope Dixon, the daughter of Thomas Dixon, a banker in Chester, and was the father of:

References

  1. ^ West, John Ebenezer (1899). Cathedral Organists Past and Present. London: Novello. p. 18. OCLC 271071307.
  2. ^ "Stewart, Charles Henry Hilton (or Hylton) (STWT870CH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  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.
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