Roy Henry Bowyer-Yin

He was a vicar at St Hilda's Church in Katong from 1972–75, and was a resident assistant priest (1975–80), Canon (1980–82) and Canon Precentor (1982–84) at St Andrew's Cathedral, Singapore.

Bowyer-Yin is credited with introducing and fostering choral music in the wider community as well as in schools. He produced Purcell's Dido and Aeneas for a public performance at the Lionel Wendt Theatre and formed a madrigal group which gave its initial public performance in 1955.

In 1946 in what was to have been a six-month stint (while Canon Foster was on leave in England), he became Chaplain and Master of the Choir at S. Thomas' College, Mount Lavinia, in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) when Canon R.S.de Saram was warden, where he stayed until 1962. He is credited with composing the song "The School by the Sea".

He subsequently served as Chaplain at Hurstpierpoint College in Sussex from 1937 to 1945, where he also taught mathematics.

Bowyer-Yin joined King's College, Cambridge as a Maths undergraduate in 1929, but later changed to Law and finally to history graduating with honours in 1932. He attended a theological college at Cuddesdon and was ordained in the King's College Chapel, Cambridge on 18 October 1933. It was the first ordination to be held in the College. At the age of 23 on 7 October 1933, he assumed duties as Chaplain of King’s at the youngest permitted age for ordination to the diaconate.

Roy Bowyer-Yin was born in Singapore 1910 the son of a Dr SC Yin (Yin Suat Chwan) and his wife Lydia Florence Bowyer. He was the younger brother of Leslie Charteris. He later attended a preparatory school in Surrey and in 1924 received a scholarship to Marlborough College, Wiltshire. At Marlborough he established a reputation as a competent pianist and organist and a love of church music.