George Haliburton (Lord Provost)
George Haliburton (1685–1742) was an early 18th century Scottish merchant who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1740 to 1742.
Life[edit]
He was born at Muirhouse (or Muirhouselaw) north of Edinburgh in 1685, the son of Patrick Haliburton and Jane Erskine of Shielfield.[1]
He was elected Dean of Guild in 1739 and Lord Provost of Edinburgh in 1740 and was succeeded by John Coutts in 1742.[2]
He died on 3 September 1742 and was buried in Greyfriars Kirkyard.[3]
After his death two of his shops at the foot of West Bow on the Grassmarket passed to John Hamilton, cordiner (shoemaker).[4]
Family[edit]
He was married to Elizabeth Rutherford, widow of his cousin, Thomas Rutherford. They had three daughters:.[5]
- Helen
- Janet, married James Nicolson, minister of Banchory in 1741
- Davidona married William Dallas in 1756 and was mother to Lt General Thomas Dallas
A second marriage bore him two sons, John and David, the latter of whom inherited Muirhouselaw.
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