Person Haldane; Richard Burdon (1856 - 1928); Viscount Haldane of Cloan; politician, educationist, and lord chancellor Haldane Richard Burdon politician, educationist, and lord chancellor 1856 - 1928 British Male 17 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, Scotland 30 July 1856 18560730 Cloan, Auchterarder, Perthshire, Scotland 19/08/1928 19280819 Burial: Family burial place at Gleneagles, Perthshire, Scotland

Politician, educationist, and lord chancellor Philosophy Education: Edinburgh preparatory school; Edinburgh Academy; University of Göttingen; University of Edinburgh (MA) Career: Member of Parliament for Haddingtonshire (1885-1911); Secretary of State for War between (1905-1912); Lord Chancellor (1912-1915; 1924); Leader of the House of Lords (1924). Honours: Viscount 1911; KT 1913; OM 1915 Parents: Robert Haldane (1805–1877), writer to the signet and a Baptist, and Mary Elizabeth (1825–1925), second daughter of Richard Burdon-Sanderson of West Jesmond and Otterburn Dene, Northumberland, and sister of Sir John Burdon-Sanderson (1828–1905) (FRS 1867), physiologist. Brother: John Scott Haldane (FRS 1897) Nephew: John Burdon Sanderson Haldane (FRS 1932) Helped found the London School of Economics. Statute 12 01/11/1906 50 Henry E Armstrong Shelford Bidwell Hugh Frank Newall John Perry William Augustus Tilden Wyndham Rowland Dunstan John Norman Collie William Huggins John Edward Marr William Davidson Niven Lauder Brunton Francis Gotch Ernest Henry Starling Sidney Frederic Harmer Edwin Ray Lankester Alfred Bray Kempe Joseph Larmor Francis Darwin Archibald Geikie [John William Strutt] Rayleigh Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB References: Vanity Fair 03 February 1896 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 RCN 42630 RCN 42636 30 Jul 1856 - 19 Aug 1928 The past Fellows entries are under continuous revision. If you have queries or additional information to contribute, please contact Library@royalsociety.org. Content in external sources is not controlled by the Royal Society and historical sources may include content that is now unacceptable. Reviewed on 12/09/2024 as part of the Name Authority Project update. NA5122 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 12/09/2024 RS_NET\VidaM Yes c868338c-8708-48d9-a541-3346e2f627bf