Sophia Dalton (1785-1859), was a Canadian publisher. She published and managed the newspaper ''The Patriot'' in Toronto from 1840 until 1848.

Life

Sophia Simms was born in about 1785 near Birmingham in the United Kingdom. Her parents were William and Mary Simms and they lived at Hall Green. Her husband, Thomas Dalton, also came from Birmingham and after they were married they moved to

Newfoundland Newfoundland and Labrador (; french: Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador; frequently abbreviated as NL) is the easternmost province of Canada, in the country's Atlantic region. The province comprises the island of Newfoundland and the continental region ...

.I. R. Dalton, “SIMMS, SOPHIA,” in Dictionary of Canadian Biography, vol. 8, University of Toronto/Université Laval, 2003–, accessed August 16, 2017, http://www.biographi.ca/en/bio/simms_sophia_8E.html. She published and managed the leading conservative newspaper ''The Patriot'' in Toronto from 1840 until 1848. She died in 1859 and is buried in

St. James Cemetery St James's Cemetery is an urban park behind Liverpool Cathedral that is below ground level. Until 1825, the space was a stone quarry, and until 1936 it was used as the Liverpool city cemetery. It has been designated a Grade I Historic Park by H ...

in Toronto.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dalton, Sophia 19th-century Canadian newspaper publishers (people) 1780s births 1859 deaths British emigrants to Newfoundland Colony Burials at St. James Cemetery, Toronto 19th-century Canadian businesswomen