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Sir Charles Dalton (June 9, 1850 – 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.〔 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.〔Gary MacDougall, ("Our History" ), ''Charlottetown Guardian'', accessed May 6, 2008〕 He served as a Conservative〔 provincial cabinet minister〔("Fox Thieves Caught" ), ''TIME Magazine'', March 17, 1930〕 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.〔("Tuberculosis History in Canada: Sir Charles Dalton" ), Canadian Lung Association〕 ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charles Dalton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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