=Halliburton, John Croke= (1806-1884). Eldest son of Sir Brenton Halliburton, chief-justice of Nova Scotia. Called to the bar, 1829; appointed deputy-clerk of the Legislative Council, 1830, and clerk, 1838. In early life challenged Joseph Howe to a duel, but neither of the duellists injured. =Index=: =H= Challenges Joseph Howe, 236; the duel, 236-244. =Haly, Sir William O'Grady= (1811-1878). Entered the army, 1828. Served with distinction in the Crimea and in India. Created K.C.B., 1855. Appointed commander-in-chief of the forces in British North America, 1873. Acted as administrator of the government of Canada during the absence of Lord Dufferin, 1875. Attained the rank of general, 1877. Died in Halifax. =Hamilton.= City of Ontario, on Burlington Bay, west end of Lake Ontario. Laid out and settled, 1813, by George Hamilton, from whom it takes its name. =Index=: =BL= Early municipal government of, 298, 300. =Bib.=: Lovell, _Gazetteer_. =Hamilton, Alexander= (1757-1804). American statesman. =Index=: =Dr= Anxious to keep on good terms with Britain, 286; Talleyrand's opinion of, 287. =Bib.=: Hamilton, _Life of Alexander Hamilton_. For further biog., and bibliog. of works by and of him, _see Cyc. Am. Biog._ and _Lit. Am. Hist._ =Hamilton, John= (1801-1882). Born in Queenston, Ontario. Removed to Kingston, 1840. Throughout his life largely interested in inland navigation, and the first to introduce iron vessels on Canadian waters. Sat in the Legislative Council of Upper Canada, 1831-1841; in the Legislative Council of Canada, 1841-1867; and in the Senate from 1867 until his death. On the completion of his fiftieth year of continuous service in the Upper Chamber, presented with an address of congratulation by his fellow-senators. =Hamilton, Henry.= Lieutenant-governor of Detroit during Revolutionary War; captured at Vincennes, 1779, and imprisoned. Retired from the army, 1783; lieutenant-governor of Quebec, 1784-1785; governor of Bermuda, 1790-1794. Died in Antigua, 1796. =Index=: =Hd= Governor of Detroit, occupies Vincennes on Wabash, 167; captured and imprisoned by Americans, 168; made lieutenant-governor of Quebec, 314. Died, 1796. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Shortt and Doughty, _Constitutional Documents of Canada_. =Hamilton, Paul= (1762-1816). =Bk= United States secretary of the navy, 173. =Bib.=: _Cyc. Am. Biog._ =Hamilton, Pierce Stevens= (1826-1893). Studied law, and called to the bar, 1851. Entered journalism, and edited _Acadian Recorder_, 1853-1861. Appointed chief commissioner of mines for Nova Scotia. An early advocate of Confederation. =Index=: =B= Advocates Confederation, 129. =T= His views on union of the colonies, 65-66. =Bib.=: Works: _Union of the Colonies of British North America_; _Feast of Ste. Anne and other Poems_.