HALLIDAY, WILLIAM [SSNE 1258]

Surname

HALLIDAY, HELLEDAY, HELLIDAY

First name

WILLIAM, WILHELM

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

STUDENT

Education

UNIVERSITY

Text source

William Halliday was noted as a Scottish student at Uppsala university in 1684. He was the son of William Halliday [SSNE 787] and Catharina Tobertsdotter Petrie. In 1685 He was given religious instruction by one John Guthrie [SSNE 2369] (a Scot who had previously been in William's father's service before deciding to become a priest) on Guthrie's return from Wittenberg. Halliday took part in a Swedish embassy to Russia in 1699 and went on to become a councillor of Stockholm. He died in 1727. 

Sources: G. Hellstrom, Stockholms Stads Herdaminne, (Stockholm, 1951), p.589; Andersson et al, Uppsala Universitets Matrikel, (Uppsala, 1900-1911); T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.257; Stockholms råd och rådhus, part II (Stockholm, 1918), p.205.

Service record

SWEDEN, UPPSALA

Arrived 1684-01-01

Departed 1684-12-31

Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC

SWEDEN, RUSSIA

Arrived 1699-01-01

Departed 1699-12-31

Capacity DIPLOMATIC RETINUE, purpose DIPLOMACY. DIPLOMATIC

SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM

Capacity COUNCILLOR RADMAN, RÅDMAN, purpose CIVIC