Background
Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 26 December 1832. He was the son of Thomas Chandler Haliburton and Louisa Neville.
Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, Canada, on 26 December 1832. He was the son of Thomas Chandler Haliburton and Louisa Neville.
He graduated from the University of King"s College, Nova Scotia, with a Doctor of Civil Law (Data Control Language).
Haliburton was Director of Supplies and Transport at the War Office from 1878 to 1888, Assistant Under-Secretary of State for War from 1888 to 1895 and Under-Secretary at the War Office from 1895 to 1897. He was made a Deputy Lieutenant of the County of London in 1893, and served as a Justice of the Peace. On 21 April 1898, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Haliburton, of Windsor, in the Province of Nova Scotia and Dominion of Canada.
In May 1891, he was made assistant under-secretary for war, and from 1895 to 1897, permanent under-secretary.
Haliburton died on 21 April 1907 at Branksome Towers Hotel, Bournemouth, Hampshire, and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. The barony became extinct on his death.