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Variants , Hadden , Haldean, Halden, Haldenby.An old
personal surname meaning, ' Half-Dane.' This name is of Scottish descent and
is found in many ancient manuscripts in the above country. Examples of such
are a Halden filius Eadulf was one of the witneses to Earl David's
inquisition into the territorial possessions of the church of Glasgow in
1124 and a Haldene was steward of Earl Waldeve in the year 1178. Names were
recorded in these ancient documents to make it easier for their overlords to
collect taxes and to keep records of the population at any given time. When
the overlords acquired lands by either force or gifts from their rulers,
they created charters of ownership for themselves and their vassals. Other
examples of this name were found in the person of Roger Haldane who in 1255
was granted sixty acres of lands outside the Castle of Scardeburc and a
distinguished bearer of the name was Richard Durdon Haldane (1856-1928) who
was the first Viscount of Haldane. |
