Monarch George V Name Charles Dalton Nationality Canadian | Preceded by John Agnew Preceded by Frank Richard Heartz Role Politician | |
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Governor General The Earl of Willingdon
The Earl of Bessborough Premier Walter Lea
James D. Stewart
William J. P. MacMillan Born June 9, 1850
Tignish, Prince Edward Island ( 1850-06-09 ) Died December 9, 1933, Charlottetown, Canada Political party Progressive Conservative Party of Prince Edward Island Cabinet Minister without portfolio Residence Tignish, Prince Edward Island, Canada Succeeded by George Des Brisay de Blois | ||
Charles dalton aka nuwanda
Sir Charles Dalton (June 9, 1850 – December 9, 1933) was a Prince Edward Island businessman, politician and philanthropist.
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Biography
Charles Dalton was born at Tignish, Prince Edward Island, the son of Patrick Dalton and Margaret McCarthy. 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. He Dalton used his fortune to purchase the Charlottetown Guardian newspaper. He served as a Conservative provincial cabinet minister 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
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.