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Dictionary of
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Origin of the Surname HALKETT.
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HALKETT.
The name of Halkett, in the writs of the family, is promiscuously written "de
Hawkhead" and "de Halkett." It is territorial or
local, and was assumed by the proprietor of the lands and barony of Hawkshead,
in Renfrewshire, as soon as surnames became hereditary in Scotland.
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