William Haldane
Sir William Stowell Haldane WS was a Scottish civil servant who was Crown [Office and Procurator Fiscal Service|Crown Agent] for Scotland.
Biography
Haldane was born in Edinburgh to Mary Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson and Robert Haldane. His grandfather was the evangelist James Alexander Haldane. His mother was 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 was educated at Edinburgh Academy and the University of Edinburgh.
He married Margaret Edith Stuart Nelson. They had three children:
- Thomas Graeme Nelson Haldane
- Archibald Richard Burdon Haldane
- Mary Elizabeth Campbell-Fraser