Thomas Chandler Haliburton
Thomas Chandler Haliburton | |
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Haliburton, c. 1836 | |
| Member of Parliament for Launceston | |
| In office 1859–1865 | |
| Preceded by | Josceline Percy |
| Succeeded by | Alexander Henry Campbell |
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| Born | 17 December 1796 Windsor, Nova Scotia |
| Died | 27 August 1865 (aged 68) Isleworth, England |
| Political party | Conservative Party (UK) |
| Spouses | Louisa Neville
(m. 1816; died 1840)Sarah Harriet Owen Williams
(m. 1856) |
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Thomas Chandler Haliburton (17 December 1796 – 27 August 1865) was a Nova Scotian politician, judge, and author who was the first international best-selling fiction author from what is now Canada, and who served as a Conservative Member of Parliament in England. He was the father of the British civil servant Lord Haliburton and of the anthropologist Robert Grant Haliburton.