Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Haldane KT OM PC KC FRS FSA FBA |
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Lord Haldane.
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| Secretary of State for War | |
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In office 10 December 1905 – 12 June 1912 |
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| Prime Minister |
Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | H. O. Arnold-Forster |
| Succeeded by | Colonel J.E.B. Seely |
| Lord Chancellor | |
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In office 10 June 1912 – 25 May 1915 |
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| Prime Minister | H. H. Asquith |
| Preceded by | The Earl Loreburn |
| Succeeded by | The Lord Buckmaster |
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In office 22 January 1924 – 6 November 1924 |
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| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | The Viscount Cave |
| Succeeded by | The Viscount Cave |
| Leader of the House of Lords | |
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In office 22 January 1924 – 3 November 1924 |
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| Prime Minister | Ramsay MacDonald |
| Preceded by | The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston |
| Succeeded by | The Marquess Curzon of Kedleston |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
30 July 1856 Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Died | 19 August 1928 (aged 72) Auchterarder, Perthshire |
| Education |
Göttingen University University of Edinburgh |
| Profession | Barrister |
Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane KT OM PC KC FRS FSA FBA (/ˈhɔːldeɪn/; 30 July 1856 – 19 August 1928) was an influential Scottish Liberal and later Labour imperialist politician, lawyer and philosopher. He was Secretary of State for War between 1905 and 1912 during which time the "Haldane Reforms" were implemented. Raised to the peerage as Viscount Haldane in 1911, he was Lord Chancellor between 1912 and 1915, when he was forced to resign because of his German sympathies. He later joined the Labour Party and once again served as Lord Chancellor in 1924 in the first ever Labour administration. Apart from his legal and political careers, Haldane was also an influential writer on philosophy, in recognition of which he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1914.
Haldane was born at 17 Charlotte Square, Edinburgh, the son of Robert Haldane and his wife Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Richard Burdon-Sanderson. He was the grandson of the Scottish evangelist James Alexander Haldane, the brother of respiratory physiologist John Scott Haldane, Sir William Haldane and author Elizabeth Haldane, and the uncle of J. B. S. Haldane and Naomi Mitchison.
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