Background
HALDANE, William Stowell was born in 1804 in Edinburgh. Youngest son of late Robert Haldane of Cloanden, Writer to the Signet, and Mary Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson.
HALDANE, William Stowell was born in 1804 in Edinburgh. Youngest son of late Robert Haldane of Cloanden, Writer to the Signet, and Mary Elizabeth Burdon-Sanderson.
Studied at Edinburgh Academy and University.
Admitted to Society of Writers to the Signet, 1888. Firm W. & F. Haldane, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh. Member of Edinburgh Public Library Committee since 1896.
Member of Council of Royal Scottish Arboricultural Society, 1909. Writer to the Signet; Crown Agent for Scotland and Prison Commissioner since 1905; Commissioner under the Development Fund Act, 1910; B.L.
Clubs: Brooks’s; University, Edinburgh.
Forestry, shooting, etc.
Spouse 1892, Edith, daughter of Thomas Nelson of Achnacloich, publisher.