In 1851 Robert was living at Summerland Butt, St. Michael's,Coventry with his wife S.. He was 26 and she was 27. He was bornin Coventry and she in Woolston. They had a servant Jane HelenWOODFORD.Robert was Mayor of Coventry in 1874Robert started in business on his own as a ribbon manufacturerin 1848 at the age of 23. He formed a partnership with GeorgeSamuel Barton and later founded Dalton, Barton & Co. Ltd.The business was registered as a limited company in 1872 and thfirst directors were George Samuel Barton (chairman), Thomas MoyHammerton (managing director in London) and Edward Turrall(manager in Coventry). Robert Arnold Dalton was auditor andThomas Browett, who was then Town Clerk of Coventry, wassecretary.