Charles Hylton Stewart

Arthur Charles Lestoc Hylton Stewart (21 March 1884 – 14 November 1932 ) was an English organist and composer. 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, 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 Sit Edward Denny (New English Hymnal 399). Family In 1917 Stewart married Gladys Maud Priestley Inglis, the daughter of Charles John Inglis and granddaughter of Dr. James Inglis. References