Vancouver).Īs a history writer - though he published only two history books, He died at his home, Gordon House, in Isleworth on the banks of the Thames he was buried in the Isleworth churchyard (next to Capt. He had an honorary degree bestowed on him by Oxford, and sat in the British parliament for awhile. In 1856, Haliburton moved permanently to Great Britain, where (Louisa having died in 1840) in the same year, he married Sarah Harriet Williams. His friend, Joe Howe, and publish as a book, ![]() Haliburton wrote satiric sketches for the Novascotianĭuring the years 1835-1836, which, in 1837, were collected up by (It was in 1829 that his History of Nova Scotia was printed by Joseph Howe.) In 1841, Haliburton was appointed a Judge of the Nova Scotia Supreme Court. He sat in the legislative assembly from 1826 to 1829. Haliburton began his law practice at Annapolis Royal in 1821. Finding a young bride in England, Louisa Neville, daughter of a Captain in the 19th Light Dragoons, Haliburton brought her back to Windsor and, there, he settled down he had two sons and five daughters, but all were at the end of the line: there are no Haliburton descendants. After subscribing to the 39 articles of the Church of England, he attended Kings College, Windsor. He was possessed of Tory sentiment and aristocratic breeding ("Fear God and Honour the King"). Haliburton was born at Windsor, Nova Scotia of "Blue Blood" (on both sides of his family there were lawyers and soldiers). The English speaking world during the 19th century as the creator of the Lawyer, politician, judge, writer, Thomas Chandler Haliburton is one ![]() Historical Biographies, Nova Scotia: Thomas Chandler Haliburton (1796-1865).
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