John Neale Dalton

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

Dalton was the son of Reverend John Neale Dalton and Elisa Maria Allies. He attended Blackheath School in Kent and Clare College, Cambridge.

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.

He was invested as a Companion, Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in 1881 and Knight Commander, Royal Victorian Order (KCVO) in 1911.In 1920 he was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Laws (LLD) by the University of Leeds.

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) [ [http://www.cycle-of-life.net/div_case3-dalton.html John Dalton - Divinity - Cycle of Life Exhibit ] at www.cycle-of-life.net]

Family

In 1886, Dalton married Catherine ("Kitty") Alicia Evan 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 Intellectual Property Office

Dalton was godfather to the surgeon Sir Alfred Downing Fripp.

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

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