Alexander Haldane

Scottish newspaper proprietor and barrister
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IntroScottish newspaper proprietor and barrister
PlacesUnited Kingdom Scotland
wasBarrister
Work fieldLaw
Gender
Male
Birth1800, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death1882London, England, UK (aged 82 years)
Family
Mother:Mary Joass
Father:James Haldane
Siblings:Catharine Haldane Henrietta Haldane Elizabeth Haldane Mary Haldane James Haldane Catharine Haldane Margaret Haldane Robert Haldane
Spouse:Emma Corsbie Hardcastle
Children:Anne Hardcastle Haldane Mary Alexina Haldane Selina Josephine Hardcastle Haldane Emma Corsbie Hardcastle Haldane Henrietta Dundas Duncan Haldane Alexander Chinnery-Haldane
Education
University of Edinburgh
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Biography

Alexander Haldane (15 October 1800 – 19 July 1882) was a Scottish barrister and newspaper proprietor. He is best remembered as the chief proprietor of The Record, the notorious Evangelical newspaper which gave its name to the "Recordite" faction of Evangelicals in the Church of England. The term was brought to general attention by William John Conybeare in the Edinburgh Review for October 1853, who derided it as a dogmatisation and rigidification of Evangelical practices. Haldane’s Record returned the compliment the following month, describing Conybeare as "a brummagem Sydney Smith."


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