Charles Dalton
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Charles Dalton (June 9, 1850[1] – December 9, 1933) was a Canadian businessman, politician and philanthropist on Prince Edward Island.
Biography
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 as 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 used his fortune to purchase The Guardian newspaper in Charlottetown.[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
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- ↑ a b Gary MacDougall, "Our History", The Guardian, accessed May 6, 2008
- ↑ "Fox Thieves Caught", Time, March 17, 1930
- ↑ "Tuberculosis History in Canada: Sir Charles Dalton" Template:Webarchive, Canadian Lung Association
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