Frederick James Halliday

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Sir Frederick James Halliday KCB (25 December 1806 – 22 October 1901) was a British civil servant and the first Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.

Halliday was born on Christmas Day in 1806, the son of Thomas Halliday and Maria Margaretha Morrice, of Ewell, Surrey. He was educated at St. Paul's School, Rugby, and the East India College, (Haileybury). His younger brother was General John Gustavus Halliday (1822-1917).

Halliday was the first Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal (India). He was also an eyewitness to the last suttee (ritual burning) carried out before the practice was banned in 1829. He was Member of the Council of India from 1868 to 1886.

Halliday was also a fine player of the double-bass.

On 25 December 1834 in Calcutta Cathedral, he married Louisa Macgregor, and they had six children: Frederick Mytton, George Thomas, Eliza, Maria, Charles and Ella. George Thomas (b 1841) was later a Lieutenant-General.

Halliday died in 1901 and is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London.[1]