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Lieutenant-General Sir Frederick Haldimand (1718-1791), a Swiss mercenary and close friend of Henry Bouquet , was born on 11 August 1718 at Yverdun, in the canton of Neuchâtel, Switzerland. He was the second of four sons of François-Louis Haldimand, the receiver for the town, and was himself baptized François-Louis-Frédéric. He entered the British Army in 1756 and served with considerable distinction through the period of upheaval in North America that included the Seven Years' War and the American Revolution.

Haldimand arrived at New York in June 1756 with a lieutenant-colonel's commission in the Royal American Regiment. In 1758, he joined Major-General James Abercromby's expedition against Canada, which failed at the cost of great bloodshed at Ticonderoga. In the following year, Haldimand conducted a distinguished defence of Oswego, and joined Major-General Jeffery Amherst's expedition against Montreal in 1760. After serving at Trois-Rivières as commander, and as acting governor, he was transferred to Florida. Recalled to England in 1775, he returned to Canada in 1778 and succeeded Sir Guy Carleton as governor and commander-in-chief. In 1784, he left for England on leave of absence, but retired in 1786 without returning to his post. He died, unmarried, at Yverdun, Switzerland, on 5 June 1791.

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Katherine Hale is the pen name for Amelia Beers Warnock. Born in Galt, Ontario, educated in Toronto and trained as a soprano in New York and Europe, she toured as a singer and published fiction and poetry. She wrote on contemporary literature for the Mail and Empire (Toronto) and lectured on Canadian Literature. In 1912, she married John Garvin. She was president of the Ontario branch of the Canadian Authors' Association, the Candian Women's Press Club and the Women's Canadian Club.

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Businessman, Member of the House of Assembly and legislative councillor.

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Thomas Chandler Haliburton, author, judge, politician (b at Windsor, NS 17 Dec 1796; d at Isleworth, Eng 27 Aug 1865). Haliburton was a born Tory, whose father and grandfather had been lawyers and judges. An Anglican, he was educated at King's Collegiate School and King's College, Windsor, NS. Following graduation in 1815 he studied law and was admitted to the bar in 1820. Gregarious and ambitious, he soon founded a law practice in Annapolis Royal and established a sufficient local reputation to become an MLA in 1826. Three years later he was elevated to the bench. In 1854 he was appointed to the NS Supreme Court but retired 2 years later because of ill health. While a judge, and in addition to his family and social life and his writing, Haliburton was an active businessman. He relinquished direct participation in his business endeavours when he moved to England following his retirement from the bench. There Haliburton settled at Isleworth and in 1859 became the Tory MP for Launceston. He retired from politics in England in 1865.

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