Frederick Hallard

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PRSSA (11 May 1821 – 12 January 1882) was a Scottish advocate and legal author. He served as senior Sheriff-Substitute for

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1855 to 1882 and was director of the Edinburgh Philosophical Institution and president of the

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Life

He was born in Edinburgh on 11 May 1821 the son of Nicholas Michael Hallard, a French teacher, living on Minto Street in Edinburgh's south side. His father had previously been a soldier in the French Revolutionary War but had emigrated to Britain along with other Royalist refugees during the period of persecutions, and found his way to Edinburgh. Aged four he was returned to his father's native town of

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in Normandy to begin his education (which is father should be under the French system now the wars were over). His later education was in Paris before returning to Edinburgh in 1837. He then studied law at the

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and passed the Scottish Bar as an advocate in 1844. In 1865-66 he served as president of the

. He was also a member of the Speculative Society of Edinburgh. His address at this time was 7 Whitehouse Terrace. In 1867 he was elected a Fellow of the

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his proposer being

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. He died at home 61 York Place, Edinburgh on 12 January 1882.

Publications and Other Works of Note

Hallard served as a Reporter on ''The Jurist'' newspaper 1844–1855 *''Thoughts on Some Points in our System of Judicial Procedure'' (1858) *''A Proposal to Facilitate the Abolition of Feudal Conveyancing'' (1860) *''The Inferior Judge in Scotland'' (1869) *''Journal of Frederick Hallard 1845-1855'' (held by the

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Family

He was married to Mary Carr Robertson.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hallard, Frederick 1821 births 1882 deaths Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh Alumni of the University of Edinburgh Lawyers from Edinburgh Scottish non-fiction writers