HALIBURTON, James (son of James Haliburton who changed his name to Burton). b. 22 Sep. 1788; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1810, M.A. 1815; made geological survey in Egypt 1822; with John Gardner Wilkinson in Egypt 1824, with Edward W. Lane in 1826 and again in Egypt 1830–5; resumed name of Haliburton 1838; F.G.S. to 1841; author of Excerpta Hieroglyphica, 6 lithograph plates, Cairo 1825–9; Collectanea Ægyptiaca 63 volumes MSS. in Br. Museum. d. 10 Hamilton place, Newington, Edinburgh 22 Feb. 1862.
HALIBURTON, Thomas Chandler (only child of Wm. Otis Haliburton, justice of court of common pleas, Nova Scotia). b. Windsor, Nova Scotia, Dec. 1796; ed. at gr. sch. and King’s coll. Windsor; chief justice of court of common pleas, N.S. 1828–40, judge of supreme court 1 Jany. 1842 to Feb. 1856; M.P. for Launceston, England 29 April 1859 to 6 July 1865; author of An historical account of Nova Scotia 2 vols. 1829; The Clockmaker, or sayings of Sam Slick 3 series 1837, 1838, 1840; The attaché, or Sam Slick in England 4 vols. 1843–4 and 13 other books. d. Gordon house, Isleworth, Middlesex 27 Aug. 1865. Bentley’s Miscellany, xiv, 81–94 (1843), portrait; J. Grant’s Public Characters, i, 291–304 (1841); Morgan’s Bibliotheca Canadensis (1867) 166–71; The Critic, xviii, 126 (1859), portrait.
HALIDAY, Alexander Henry. b. 21 Nov. 1806; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, gold medallist 1827; sheriff of Antrim 1843; edited with others The natural history review 7 vols. 1854–60; author of Hymenoptera Britannica Oxyura 1839; author with G. Busk of Reports on Zoology 1847. d. Villa Pisani near Lucca 13 July 1870. I.L.N. lvii, 155 (1870).
HALIDAY, Charles (son of William Haliday of Dublin, apothecary). b. 1789; a merchant in the bark trade Dublin 1813; member of Royal Irish academy Jany. 1847; director of bank of Ireland; consul for Greece; sec. of Chamber of commerce, Dublin; formed a considerable library; author of An inquiry into the use of liquors in producing crime 1830 and papers on the history of the port and commerce of Dublin 1854–73. d. Monkstown park near Dublin 14 Sep. 1866. The Scandinavian kingdom of Dublin, by C. Haliday (1884) with memoir by J. P. Prendergast, pp. iii-cxxiii.
HALIDAY, William Robert. b. 1809; ensign 75 foot 12 Feb. 1830; major 36 foot 1849 to 24 June 1862 when placed on h.p.; commandant and inspector general school of musketry at Hythe 16 Oct. 1867 to 1 Jany. 1873; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877. d. Hanover chambers, 23 Hanover sq. London 12 Feb. 1878.
HALIFAX, Charles Wood, 1 Viscount (1 son of Sir Francis Lindley Wood 1771–1846, 2 baronet). b. Pontefract 20 Dec. 1800; ed. at Eton and Oriel coll. Ox., B.A. 1821, M.A. 1824; student of Lincoln’s inn 1822; M.P. Great Grimsby 1826–31, M.P. Wareham 1831, M.P. Halifax 1832–65, M.P. Ripon 1865–6; sec. to the treasury 1832–4, sec. to admiralty 1835–9; chancellor of exchequer 1846–52; P.C. 6 July 1846; president of board of control 1852–5; first lord of admiralty 1855–8; G.C.B. 19 June 1856; sec. of state India and president of council 1859–66; lord privy seal 1870–4; cr. Viscount Halifax of Monk Bretton, co. York 25 Feb. 1866; many of his speeches were printed 1839–53. d. Hickleton near Doncaster 8 Aug. 1885. The British Cabinet in 1853 pp. 334–46; I.L.N. xviii, 129 (1851) portrait, lxxxvii, 181 (1885) portrait.
HALKETT, Sir Alexander (5 son of Sir John Wedderburn Halket 1720–93, 4 baronet). b. 1773; 2 lieut. 23 foot 31 March 1790; lieut. col. of 93 foot 25 Aug. 1800, of 104 foot 3 May 1810 to 27 Oct. 1814; served in West Indies 1794–96, at Cape of Good Hope 1804; knighted by William iv. at St. James’s palace 8 March 1837; K.C.H. 8 March 1837; general 23 Nov. 1841. d. Edinburgh 24 Aug. 1851.
HALKETT, Sir Colin (1 son of major general Frederick Godar Halkett 1728–1803). b. Venloo, Netherlands 7 Sep. 1774; ensign and lieut. Dutch foot guards 2 March 1792 to 27 April 1795; ensign 3 foot 3 Jany. 1799 to Feb. 1800; capt. 2 Dutch light infantry in British pay Feb. 1800 to 1802; lieut. col. commandant 2 bat. King’s German legion 1803–12; served in the Peninsula and commanded a brigade at Waterloo; lieut. governor of Jersey 23 July 1821 to 7 Aug. 1830; commander in chief at Bombay 1831–2; col. of 95 foot 1823, of 71 foot 1829, of 31 foot 1838, and of 45 foot 1847 to death; lieut. governor Chelsea hospital 1848, governor 1849 to death; K.C.B. 2 Jany. 1815, G.C.B. 30 Dec. 1847; G.C.H. 1820; general 9 Nov. 1846. d. Chelsea hospital 24 Sep. 1856.
HALKETT, Sir Hugh (brother of preceding). b. Musselburgh near Edinburgh 30 Aug. 1783; ensign in Scotch brigade in Holland 1794; went to India as lieut. 1798, remained till 1801; major King’s German legion 1805 with which he served in the Peninsula 1809–12; lieut. col. 22 Sep. 1812 to 24 May 1816, commanded first Hanoverian brigade in North Germany 1813–14; commanded 3 and 4 Hanoverian landwehr at Waterloo, when he took general Pierre J. E. Cambronne prisoner; served in the Hanoverian service 1817 to 1858 when he was made baron Von Halkett and voted his full pay as a pension 18 June 1858; C.B. 4 June 1815; G.C.H. 1851. d. Hanover 26 July 1863. Leben des Freiherrn Hugh von Halkett, Stuttgart (1865).
HALKETT, John. b. London 1768; governor of the Bahamas 5 Dec. 1801, of Tobago 27 Oct. 1803 to 1805; chairman of board of comrs. of West India accounts 1814–19; author of Historical notes respecting the Indians of North America 1823. d. Brighton, Nov. 1852.