James Alexander (1769–1848)

James Alexander(1769 – 12 September 1848)^[1]was an Irish-born officer of theBritish East India Companywho sat in theHouse of Commons of the United Kingdomin two periods from 1812 to 1832.

Born inCounty Londonderry,Alexander joined the East India Company in 1784, and later became a partner in a merchant bank inCalcutta.His time in India gained him huge wealth.^[2]

He returned to the United Kingdom in 1818, and bought an estate inHampshire.In 1820, he and his brother,Josias,jointly purchased therotten boroughofOld Sarumfrom their cousin,the 2nd Earl of Caledon,who had been arranging the return of James to Parliament since 1812, having previously arranged the return of another brother,Henry Alexander.^[2]^[3]

References[edit]

^Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
^^a ^bAnderson, J. W. (2009). R. Thorne (ed.)."ALEXANDER, James (1769-1848), of Somerhill, Kent".The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820.Boydell and Brewer.Retrieved11 June2014.
^Farrell, Stephen (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.)."ALEXANDER, Josias Du Pré (1771-1839), of Freemantle Park, Hants and 7 Grosvenor Square, Mdx".The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832.Cambridge University Press.Retrieved11 June2014.

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Nicholas Vansittart Josias du Pre Porcher	Member of ParliamentforOld Sarum May 1812 –1832 With:Josias du Pre Porcherto 1818 Arthur Johnston Crawfordfrom 1818–20 Josias du Pré Alexander1820–28 Stratford Canning1828–30 Josias du Pré Alexanderto 1830–32	constituency abolished

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[1] Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"

[histparl-james-alexander-2] Anderson, J. W. (2009). R. Thorne (ed.)."ALEXANDER, James (1769-1848), of Somerhill, Kent".The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820.Boydell and Brewer.Retrieved11 June2014.

[histparl-j-d-p-alexander-3] Farrell, Stephen (2009). D.R. Fisher (ed.)."ALEXANDER, Josias Du Pré (1771-1839), of Freemantle Park, Hants and 7 Grosvenor Square, Mdx".The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832.Cambridge University Press.Retrieved11 June2014.

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