William Haldimand
William Haldimand (9 September 1784 – 20 September 1862) was an English
Life
He was the son of Anthony Francis Haldimand (1741–1817), a London merchant, nephew and heir of
Haldimand was an advocate of the resumption of specie payments, and gave evidence in the parliamentary inquiry which led to the act of 1819. In 1820 he was elected Member of Parliament for Ipswich, and was re-elected in 1826, but when the return was disputed he gave up the seat.[1]
In 1828 Haldimand settled permanently at his summer villa, Denantou, near
Purchases of French rentes, made to strengthen the new Orleans dynasty, involved Haldimand in losses. He gave £24,000 for a blind asylum at Lausanne, with more after his death, and £3,000 towards the erection of an Anglican church at Ouchy. Inclined to radicalism in politics and to scepticism in religion, he nevertheless exerted himself in favour of the free church in Vaud, threatened with state persecution. He died unmarried at Denantou on 20 September 1862 aged 78.[1]
References
- Historical list of MPs: I[usurped]
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Notes
- ^ a b c d Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- Attribution
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Stephen, Leslie; Lee, Sidney, eds. (1890). "Haldimand, William". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 24. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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