A. R. B. Haldane

Archibald Richard Burdon Haldane CBE (18 November 1900 – 18 October 1982) was a Scottish social historian and writer.

He was the son of Edith (née Nelson) and Sir William Haldane,

Like his father and uncles, he attended the Edinburgh Academy, after which he went up to Balliol College, Oxford to read history. In 1968, he was appointed a CBE in recognition of his work for the bank. He published two further books in this field, New Ways through the Glens and Three centuries of Scottish posts, as well as several on his favourite pastime of trout fishing, of which he was passionately fond. The Path by the Water - 1944 The Drove Roads of Scotland - 1952 New Ways Through the Glens: Highland Road, Bridge and Canal Makers of the Early 19th Century - 1962 Three Centuries of Scottish Posts: an Historical Survey to 1836 - 1971 By River, Stream and Loch: Thirty Years with a Trout Rod - 1973 Great Fishmonger of the Tay: John Richardson of Perth and Pitfour, 1760-1821 - 1981