Arthur Haliburton, 1st Baron Haliburton
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Order of the Bath
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Deputy Lieutenant
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(26 December 1832 - 21 April 1907) was a Canadian-born British civil servant.
Background and education
Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova ScotiaWindsor, Nova Scotia
Windsor is a town located in Hants County, Mainland Nova Scotia at the junction of the Avon and St. Croix Rivers. It is the largest community in western Hants County with a 2001 population of 3,779 and was at one time the shire town of the county. The region encompassing present day Windsor was...
, Canada
Canada
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, the son of Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Thomas Chandler Haliburton was the first international best-selling author from Canada. He was also significant in the history of Nova Scotia.-Life:...
and Louisa Neville. He graduated from the University of King's College
University of King's College
The University of King's College is a post-secondary institution in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. King's is a small liberal arts university offering mainly undergraduate programs....
, Nova Scotia, with a Doctor of Civil Law (DCL).
Career
Haliburton was Director of Supplies and Transport at the War Office from 1878 to 1888, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for War from 1888 to 1895 and Under-Secretary at the War Office from 1895 to 1897. He was made a Deputy LieutenantDeputy Lieutenant
In the United Kingdom, a Deputy Lieutenant is one of several deputies to the Lord Lieutenant of a lieutenancy area; an English ceremonial county, Welsh preserved county, Scottish lieutenancy area, or Northern Irish county borough or county....
of the County of London in 1893, and served as a Justice of the Peace
Justice of the Peace
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. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath
Order of the Bath
The Most Honourable Order of the Bath is a British order of chivalry founded by George I on 18 May 1725. The name derives from the elaborate mediæval ceremony for creating a knight, which involved bathing as one of its elements. The knights so created were known as Knights of the Bath...
(CB) in 1880, a Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (KCB) in 1885 and a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in 1897. On 21 April 1898 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Haliburton, of Windsor, in the Province of Nova Scotia and Dominion of Canada.
Personal life
Lord Haliburton married Mariana Emily, daughter of Leo Schuster, on 3 November 1877. She had been married to Sir William Clay, 2n BaronetSir William Clay, 1st Baronet
Sir William Clay, 1st Baronet was an English Liberal Party politician.Clay was the son of George Clay, a prominent London merchant and shipowner....
, from 1855 until his death in 1876. They had no children. The couple lived at 57 Lowndes Square, London, S., England. Haliburton died on 21 April 1907 at Branksome Towers Hotel, Bournemouth
Bournemouth
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, Hampshire, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery
Brompton Cemetery
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, London. The barony became extinct on his death.