Arthur Haliburton, 1st Baron Haliburton

Arthur Lawrence Haliburton, 1st Baron Haliburton (26 December 1832 – 21 April 1907) was a Nova Scotia-born British civil servant. He was the first native Canadian to be raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

Early life

Arthur Haliburton was born in Windsor, Nova Scotia, on 26 December 1832. Haliburton was the first native Canadian to be raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom. thumb Haliburton's funerary monument in Brompton Cemetery, London Haliburton died on 21 April 1907 at Branksome Towers Hotel, Bournemouth, Hampshire. He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. The barony became extinct on his death.