Background
DALTON, Frederick Thomas was born on October 29, 1855. Son of late Reverend Charles Browne Dalton, vicar of Highgate, and Mary Frances, daughter of Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London.
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Frederick Thomas DALTON
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Studied at Highgate School. Corpus Christi College Oxford. Scholar C.O.C. Oxford 1874.
1st class Classical Moderations (Oxford) 1876.
2nd class Classics 1878. Ellerton Prize, 1879.
Chancellor’s Prize Essay, 1880. Master of Arts.
Career
He is now remembered primarily for the Vanity Fair caricatures he drew in the 1890s and early 1900s. Dalton was educated at Highgate School and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He was assistant master of Radley College in 1879–1880.
He qualified for admission as a solicitor and in 1893 he joined the staff of The Times, became Assistant Editor of Literature in 1897 and served as Editor of Literature in 1900–1901.
He was assistant editor for The Times Literary Supplement from 1902 to 1923.
Membership
Club: Athenaeum.
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Connections
Spouse 1895, Mary Edna,daughter of late Reverend H. G. Evans, headmaster of King Edward VI.’s School, Stratford-on-Avon.
