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'''Sir Charles Dalton''' (June 9, 1850<ref name="gallery">{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/olg/gallery/picture_setup.php?lg=26Dalton|title=The Honourable Charles Dalton|work=Prince Edward Island: Lieutenant Governors gallery|publisher=Government of Prince Edward Island|accessdate=2009-05-09}}</ref> – December 9, 1933) was a [[Prince Edward Island]] businessman, politician and philanthropist. |
'''Sir Charles Dalton''' (June 9, 1850<ref name="gallery">{{cite web|url=http://www.gov.pe.ca/olg/gallery/picture_setup.php?lg=26Dalton|title=The Honourable Charles Dalton|work=Prince Edward Island: Lieutenant Governors gallery|publisher=Government of Prince Edward Island|accessdate=2009-05-09}}</ref> – December 9, 1933) was a [[Prince Edward Island]] businessman, politician and philanthropist. |
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Charles Dalton | |
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| 13th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island | |
| In office November 29, 1930 – December 9, 1933 | |
| Monarch | George V |
| Governors General | The Earl of Willingdon The Earl of Bessborough |
| Premier | Walter Lea James D. Stewart William J. P. MacMillan |
| Preceded by | Frank Richard Heartz |
| Succeeded by | George Des Brisay de Blois |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 9, 1850 Tignish, Prince Edward Island |
| Died | December 9, 1933 (aged 83) Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Spouse |
Annie Gavin (m. 1874) |
| Children | C. Howard M.D., Freda, Nora, Julia P., Florence, Edith, Irene, Gerald, Zita, Joseph Arnold, Catherine, and Mary B. |
| Residence | Tignish, Prince Edward Island |
| Occupation | businessman, philanthropist, druggist, farmer, and tox breeder |
| Profession | Politician |
| Cabinet | Minister without Portfolio (1915-1919) |
Sir Charles Dalton (June 9, 1850[1] – December 9, 1933) was a Prince Edward Island businessman, politician and philanthropist.
Charles Dalton was born at Tignish, Prince Edward Island, the son of Patrick Dalton and Margaret McCarthy.[1] He first worked as a farmer and then a druggist. He married Anne Gavin in 1874.
Dalton earned his fortune through silver fox breeding, in the process making the island the centre of the world's trade in the fur-bearing animal.[1] He Dalton used his fortune to purchase the Charlottetown Guardian newspaper.[2] He served as a Conservative[2] provincial cabinet minister[3] and then the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Prince Edward Island from 1930 until his death in 1933.
During World War I, he donated a motor ambulance to the Canadian government. He also built a school in his home town of Tignish. In 1916, he was named a Knight Commander in the Order of St. Gregory the Great[1]
Dalton became devoted to the fight against tuberculosis after losing a daughter to the disease, donating funds to allow for the construction of a sanatorium on the island which was named in his honour.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d "The Honourable Charles Dalton". Prince Edward Island: Lieutenant Governors gallery. Government of Prince Edward Island. Retrieved 2009-05-09.
- ^ a b Gary MacDougall, "Our History", Charlottetown Guardian, accessed May 6, 2008
- ^ "Fox Thieves Caught", TIME Magazine, March 17, 1930
- ^ "Tuberculosis History in Canada: Sir Charles Dalton", Canadian Lung Association
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