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John Halliburton (1725–1808)[ citation needed] was a surgeon and a Loyalist who settled in Nova Scotia. He was a member of the North British Society. 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]). He is buried in the Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia). [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. [3]