Halkett, John ♂
Education
Student United College 1781-1782, 1782-1783, 1783-1784 N. Phil.; Ethics; Hist. Civ. b,s,m. (Secondar).
Birth/childhood
Baptised 28.2.1768 son of Sir John Halkett, 4th Bt. [baronet] of Pitfirrane and Mary Hamilton.
Career
Also at Glasgow University - matriculated 1785.
Governor of Bahamas 1801. Governor of Tobago 1803-1805.
Chairman of board of commissioners of West India Accounts 1814-1819.
Death
Died 12.11.1852 at Brighton.
Sources
- George Monck Berkeley, Poems p. cccxlix
- W.I. Addison, Matriculation albums of the University of Glasgow 1728-1858. 4545
- Gentleman's Magazine 1852 ii 662