William Haldane
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Sir William Stowell Haldane (19 August 1864-1951) of Cloan was Crown Agent
for Scotland
.
Haldane was the son of Robert Haldane, and his grandfather was the Scottish
evangelist James Alexander Haldane. His mother was Mary Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson, the daughter of Richard Burdon-Sanderson and the granddaughter of Sir Thomas Burdon. His maternal uncle was the physiologist John Scott Burdon-Sanderson
. He was the brother of Elizabeth Haldane
, John Scott Haldane and Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane.
He married Edith Nelson. They had three children:
Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service provides the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The department is headed by Her Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under the Scottish legal system is responsible for prosecution,...
for Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
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Haldane was the son of Robert Haldane, and his grandfather was the Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
evangelist James Alexander Haldane. His mother was Mary Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson, the daughter of Richard Burdon-Sanderson and the granddaughter of Sir Thomas Burdon. His maternal uncle was the physiologist John Scott Burdon-Sanderson
John Scott Burdon-Sanderson
Sir John Scott Burdon-Sanderson, Bt., F.R.S. was an English physiologist born near Newcastle upon Tyne. A member of a well known Northumbrian family, he received his medical education at the University of Edinburgh and at Paris...
. He was the brother of Elizabeth Haldane
Elizabeth Haldane
Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane was an eminent public figure, author, biographer, philosopher, suffragist, nursing administrator, and social welfare worker. She was the sister of Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane and John Scott Haldane, and became the first female Justice of the Peace in...
, John Scott Haldane and Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane.
He married Edith Nelson. They had three children:
- Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane (1897-1981)
- Archibald Richard Burdon Haldane (1900-1982)
- Mary Elizabeth Campbell Fraser (?-?)