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Sir John Haldane, eleventh Laird of Gleneagles was a professional soldier who fought for Henry, Prince of Orange, along with his brother, James Haldane in the Netherlands. [1] He was knighted by Charles I of England in 1633 and represented Perth in Parliament. [1]
Robert Dundas Haldane-Duncan, 1st Earl of Camperdown KT (21 March 1785 – 22 December 1859), styled Lord Duncan from 1797 to 1804 and known as Viscount Duncan from 1804 to 1831, was a British soldier and aristocrat.
J. B. S. Haldane, British geneticist and evolutionary biologist; John Haldane, MP for Scotland in the 1st Parliament of Great Britain; Lord Richard Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane, Lord Chancellor, "'Father of the Territorial Army'" Robert Haldane; John Joseph Haldane, aristocrat; British philosopher; art critic; political commentator; papal advisor
Portrait of Captain Robert Haldane, of Gleneagles (1705-1767) oil on canvas The sitter was the youngest son of John Haldane, M.P. (1660-1721), and his second wife, Helen, only daughter of Sir Charles Erskine of Alva, 1st Bt. (1643-1690), ninth son of the Earl of Mar.
He was born the second son of John Haldane of Gleneagles, M.P., and the younger brother of Mungo Haldane. He was educated at St. Andrews University (1699), Leyden University (1711) and qualified as an advocate in 1715. He succeeded his brother Mungo Haldane as 16th Laird of Gleneagles in 1759.
Robert Colville of Cleish (d. 1634), who married Beatrix Haldane, daughter of John Haldane of Gleneagles. This Robert Colville, as Baillie of the Lordship of Culross , with other lairds and officials of Culross burgh convened a witch trial in 1621 to investigate the case of Christiane Cooper, accused of using charms.
Adam was the second son of Alexander Duncan, Baron of Lundie, Angus, (d.May 1777) Provost of Dundee, and his wife (and first cousin once removed) Helen, daughter of John Haldane of Gleneagles.
Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan The grave of Robert Dundas Duncan Haldane (sometimes written Haldane-Duncan), on the north side of the main path, towards the central chapel, Kensal Green Cemetery, London. Earl of Camperdown, of Lundie in the County of Forfar and of Gleneagles in the County of Perth, was a title in the Peerage of the United ...