John Neale Dalton

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

Born in Margate, Kent, Dalton attended Blackheath School and 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 1886, Dalton married Kitty Thomas of Neath, and their son was Hugh Dalton, later a prominent politician.

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

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