George Halket

George Halket or Hacket (died 1756), was a Scottish poet and songwriter.

Halket is said by Peter Buchan ("Gleanings of Scotch, English, and Irish Old Ballads") to have been a native of Aberdeenshire. In 1714 he was appointed schoolmaster, precentor, and session-clerk in the parish of Rathen, Aberdeenshire. and the weighty surmise of Peter Buchan. Halket is quite likely to have written "A Dialogue between the Devil and George II", a perusal of which, in 1746, caused the Duke of Cumberland to offer a reward of £100. for the author 'alive or dead.' He may also have been the author of a ballad entitled "Schism Displayed".