Background
He was born on 8 November 1898 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Robert Hewitt and Mary Elizabeth Cooke.
He was born on 8 November 1898 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Robert Hewitt and Mary Elizabeth Cooke.
He was born on 8 November 1898 in Scarborough, Yorkshire, the son of Thomas Robert Hewitt and Mary Elizabeth Cooke.
He studied music under Doctor George Bennett at Lincoln Cathedral for 10 years, becoming his assistant organist.
He served in the Royal Air Force in the First World War.
On 11 April 1928 he married Katharine Kitty Markham in Stratford upon Avon.
He was Chairman of the Toronto Centre of the Royal Canadian College of Organists from 1940 to 1942.
Assistant Organist of Lincoln Cathedral 1922 - 1926 Organist of the Church of the Holy Trinity, Stratford-upon-Avon 1926 - 1933 Organist of Saint James’ Cathedral, Toronto 1933 - 1956.