Alexander Haldane

Alexander Haldane (15 October 1800 – 19 July 1882) was a Scottish barrister and newspaper proprietor. He was known as a religious controversialist and evangelical of the Church of England. Early life He was the son of James Alexander Haldane and his first wife Mary Joass, and nephew of Robert Haldane. He studied at Edinburgh High School. He was then sent with his elder brother James in 1814 for a year to a private school at Winteringham in Lincolnshire, run by Lorenzo Grainger who was a curate there and an evangelical. Haldane returned to Scotland and the University of Edinburgh. The brothers were invited in 1819 by Thomas Babington to Rothley Temple. Alexander entered the Inner Temple in 1820, and was called to the bar in 1826. He acted as junior to Lord Brougham in an appeal case to the House of Lords. But he then concentrated on conveyancing work. Religious views As a young man, Haldane was involved with Henry Drummond (1786–1860) and the Albury circle around him. His views, correspondingly, were Irvingite, and on prophecy premillennialist. They later shaded to those more usual for evangelical Anglicans. He advocated for verbal inspiration of the Bible.