John Halliburton (surgeon)

John Halliburton (1725–1808)[citation needed] was a surgeon and a Loyalist who settled in Nova Scotia.

He is the father of Chief Justice Brenton Halliburton and, in turn, the grandfather of John C. Halliburton (who fought a duel with Joseph Howe to protect his father's honour[citation needed]).

[1] Halliburton was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1797.

[2] He was a close friend of Dr. Duncan Clark and shared the responsibility for the medical care of the Duke of Kent.

He built his home the Bower, that still stands in Halifax.