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| + | '''Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane''' was an influential British [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] and later [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician, lawyer and philosopher. He was [[Secretary of State for War]] between 1905 and 1912 during which time the "[[Haldane Reforms]]" of the British Army were implemented. Raised to the peerage as [[Viscount Haldane]] in 1911, he was [[Lord Chancellor]] between 1912 and 1915, when he was forced to resign because of false allegations of German sympathies. He later joined the Labour Party and once again served as Lord Chancellor in 1924 in the first Labour administration. Apart from his legal and political careers, Haldane was also an influential writer on philosophy, in recognition of which he was elected a Fellow of the [[British Academy]] in 1914. | ||
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| Born | 1856-07-30 Edinburgh, Scotland | |||||||||||||
| Died | 1928-08-19 (Age 72) Auchterarder, Perthshire | |||||||||||||
| Alma mater | Edinburgh Academy, Göttingen University, University of Edinburgh | |||||||||||||
| Member of | Coefficients (dining club) | |||||||||||||
Uk Secretary of State for War between 1905 and 1912 during which time reforms of the British Army were implemented, with the secret task of a European war.
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Richard Burdon Haldane, 1st Viscount Haldane was an influential British Liberal and later Labour politician, lawyer and philosopher. He was Secretary of State for War between 1905 and 1912 during which time the "Haldane Reforms" of the British Army were implemented. Raised to the peerage as Viscount Haldane in 1911, he was Lord Chancellor between 1912 and 1915, when he was forced to resign because of false allegations of German sympathies. He later joined the Labour Party and once again served as Lord Chancellor in 1924 in the first Labour administration. Apart from his legal and political careers, Haldane was also an influential writer on philosophy, in recognition of which he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1914.
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