John Neale Dalton

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Canon John Neale Dalton LLD (September 24, 1839 Margate, Kent – July 28, 1931) was a chaplain to Queen Victoria and tutor to King George V of the United Kingdom.

Dalton attended Blackheath School in Kent.

Dalton became Curate of Sandringham and a Canon of St. George's Chapel, Windsor.

In 1869 he became tutor to the royal princes, George and his elder brother, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence.

In 1920 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws by the University of Leeds.

[edit] Publications

Dalton was an antiquarian and liturgical scholar. He published various books including:

• The Collegiate Church of Ottery S. Mary, Cambridge Univ. Press, 1917, xxIv + 310 pp., 27 illust.
• The Book of Common Prayer: An edition containing proposals and suggestions compiled by John Neale Dalton, Canon of Windsor, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1920) [1]

[edit] Family

In 1886, Dalton married Kitty Thomas of Neath; their son was Hugh Dalton, later a prominent politician.

Daltons brothers were:

• Rev. William Edward Dalton (1841-1928), Vicar of Glynde, Sussex
• Sir Cornelius Neale Dalton (1842-1920), Comptroller-General of the UK Patent Office

Dalton was godfather to the surgeon, Sir Alfred Downing Fripp.

[edit] Neale

Dalton was descended from the Neale family, from whom strong family naming is evident:

• James Neale, b. ~1760
  • Hannah Neale, his daughter, b. 1784 who married John Dalton
  • his sons:
    • Benjamin Neale, b. 1786
    • Samuel Neale, b. ~1788
    • Cornelius Neale, b. 1789
      • John Mason Neale, b. 1818, son of Cornelius