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 Death Announcements 1845-1854

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Surname  Haldane    
First names  James A.    
Rank / occupation  Evangelical preacher & Commander    
View all other items of "Unit" with value "HEICS Melville Castle" in "Death Announcements 1845-1854" Unit  HEICS Melville Castle    
Death date  1851 ?    
Place of death  Edinburgh    
Source  Gentleman's Magazine    
Date  May 1851    
Page number  560    
Detail  [Pages 560-561. At Edinburgh, aged 82. ""A great promoter of evangelical christianity in Scotland"". Born at Dundee 14 July 1768 within a fortnight of the death of his father, Capt. James Haldane, of Airthrey, co. Stirling, who was 39, by Catherine Duncan, who died about 6 years later. Her two sons were left under the guardianship of her two brothers, Lieut.-col. Alexander Duncan, and Adam Duncan, the future hero of Camperdown. In his 17th year he joined the EIC as midshipman on board the Duke of Montrose. ""He made four voyages to Bengal, India, and China; and in 1793 obtained the command of the Melville Castle, out of which three successive fortunes had been already made"". in 1794 he sold out of the service and retired into private life, later to become a preacher]    
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