Charles Hutton (politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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About Charles Hutton (politician)
- Sir Charles Hutton (August 20, 1861 – February 1, 1949) was a musician, educator, business owner and politician in Newfoundland.
- He represented St.
- John's East in the Newfoundland House of Assembly from 1894 to 1897 as a Liberal.The son of George and Eliza Hutton, he was born in St.
- John's and was educated at Saint Bonaventure's College, at St.
- Dunstan's College and at the French college at St.
- Pierre.
- He later studied music in England for three years around 1900.Hutton began work as a bookkeeper for Hearn & Company in 1879 and then, in 1883, opened a musical supply business.
- Until 1894, he ran the business out of his home.
- In 1880, he became organist and choirmaster for the Roman Catholic cathedral in St.
- John's.
- He taught music at Saint Bonaventure's, St.
- Patrick's Hall and Holy Cross School in St.
- John's.
- Hutton also was director for concerts performed by boys from the Mount Cashel Orphanage.
- He was also co-founder and conductor for the St.
- John's Choral and Orchestral Society.Hutton published the Newfoundland Folio of Over Fifty Old Favourite Songs in 1906.His student and protégé Ignatius Rumboldt became a prominent musician in St.
- John's.Hutton was elected to the Newfoundland assembly in an 1894 by-election.In 1903, he married Antonia "Tony" D'Alberti.
- The couple had four children.He was named a knight in the Order of St.
- Gregory the Great in 1924 and was named to the Order of the British Empire in 1938.Hutton died in St.
- John's at the age of 87.
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