James Haldane (other)
James Haldane may refer to: * James Haldane (1768–1851), Scottish religious leader * James Haldane (footballer) (1890–1915), Scottish footballer * James Haldane (diplomat) James Haldane (1692 – 17 September 1742) was an 18th-century British soldier and diplomat. He was Lieutenant-colonel of the Royal Horse Guards from 1715 to 1734. He was Minister Resident to Russia in 1715 to 1716. He later made diplomatic vis ...

James Haldane
The Rev James Alexander Haldane aka Captain James Haldane (14 July 1768 – 8 February 1851) was a Scottish independent church leader following an earlier life as a sea captain. Biography The youngest son of Captain James Haldane of Airthrey Castle (who died two weeks before he was born),Monuments and monumental inscriptions in Scotland: The Grampian Society, 1871 (his older brother Robert Haldane was also a clergyman) in Stirlingshire, he was born at Dundee. His mother was sister to Admiral Adam Duncan, 1st Viscount Duncan. He was educated first at Dundee Grammar School and afterwards at the High School in Edinburgh and University of Edinburgh. At the age of seventeen he joined the Honorable East India Company as a midshipman on board the ship, the ''Duke of Montrose''. After four voyages to India, in the summer of 1793, he was promoted to captain and commander of the ''Melville Castle''. He started a careful study of the Bible during his voyages, and also came under ...
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James Haldane (footballer)
James Haldane (19 December 1890 – 27 August 1915) was a Scottish professional footballer who played in the Scottish League for Lochgelly United as an inside right. He was killed in action during the First World War. Personal life At the age of 18, Haldane was working as a miner and he later served in the Territorial Army for four years. Soon after Britain's entry into the First World War, Haldane enlisted in the British Army in Glencraig. On 8 August 1914, he joined the Royal Scots as a private at Glencorse Barracks. Haldane was killed on 27 August 1915 when a working party, of which he was a member, came under German machine gun fire while digging a trench in France. He died instantly while helping to carry a wounded comrade in. Haldane was buried in Cambrin Cambrin () is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography A farming and light industrial village some east of Béthune and southwest of Lille, at the junction ...
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