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  2. William Haldane - Wikipedia

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    Sir William Stowell Haldane WS (19 August 1864 – 7 November 1951) was a Scottish civil servant who was Crown Agent for Scotland. [1] Biography. Haldane family tree.

  3. William Haldane Porter - Wikipedia

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    William Haldane Porter was born on 15 May 1867 at 23 University Square, Belfast within the precincts of Queen's University. [1] His name was given simply as William. The middle name Haldane, by which he was known thereafter, and gave the impression of a combined but unhyphenated double barrelled surname, was added when he was baptised on 30 June 1867 by Rev. Henry Cooke (1788–1868), his ...

  4. Category:Haldane family - Wikipedia

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    Naomi Margaret Haldane, British writer; William Stowell Haldane, Crown Agent for Scotland; Almer de Haldane was a Scottish noble whose signature is found on the Ragman Rolls of King Edward I of England in 1296. Almer de Haldane later sided with King Robert the Bruce of Scotland during the Wars of Scottish Independence against the English.

  5. Burke and Hare murders - Wikipedia

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    At some point in early-to-mid 1828 a Mrs Haldane, whom Burke described as "a stout old woman", lodged at Hare's premises. After she became drunk, she fell asleep in the stable; she was smothered and sold to Knox. [51] Several months later Haldane's daughter (either called Margaret or Peggy) also lodged at Hare's house.

  6. List of people educated at Edinburgh Academy - Wikipedia

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    William Frederick Cavaye; Philip Christison; Andrew Cunningham, 1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Admiral of the Fleet; Aylmer Haldane; Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor, 'Father of the Territorial Army' (EA 1866-72) Colin Mackenzie, Major-General and Chief of the General Staff of the Canadian Army; Alastair Ogilvy

  7. Category:People educated at Edinburgh Academy - Wikipedia

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    D. Tam Dalyell; Kemp Davidson, Lord Davidson; William Davidson (agribusinessman) Adam Alexander Dawson; Chris Dean (rugby union) Niall Dickson; Marcus Dods (theologian born 1834)

  8. Belgian refugees - Wikipedia

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    Years after retirement and at the age of 73, Sir William Haldane Porter, a British civil servant who was responsible for the creation of the Aliens Branch of the Home Office (now the UK Immigration Service), was called back to service to supervise the reception of French and Belgian refugees fleeing in 1940 into British channel ports from their ...

  9. Graeme Haldane - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane, known as Graeme Haldane (14 December 1897 – 24 June 1981), was a Scottish engineer. He was the son of Sir William Haldane and his wife Edith Nelson. He was a nephew of Elizabeth Haldane , Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane and John Scott Haldane , and a cousin of the writer Naomi Mitchison .