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| 201 | At her house in Glasgow, on the 21st September, Miss Alexander, eldest daughter of the late Claud Alexander, Esq. of Newton. source: Death notice of Margaret Alexander. Kirkaldy, UK: Fifeshire Journal, 4 Oct 1834, p. 3. | Alexander, Margaret (I110)
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| 202 | At Southbar, on the 5th instant, Mrs. Camilla Porterfield, relict of Boyd Alexander, Esq., Southbar. source: Death notice of Camilla Alexander. Greenock, UK: Greenock Advertiser, 9 Jul 1844. At Southbar, on the 5th instant, Mrs Camilla Porterfield, relict of Boyd Alexander, Esq. of Southbar. source: Death notice of Camilla Alexander. Perth, UK: Perthshire Courier, 11 Jul 1844. | Porterfield, Camilla (I102)
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| 203 | At least one living or private individual is linked to this note - Details withheld. | Living (I237)
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| 204 | BIRTHS On the 17th inst., in Hanover-terrace, Regent’s Park, a son, the Lady of Boyd Alexander, Esq., of a son. source: Birth announcement of John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander. London, UK: The Morning Post, 19 Jul 1832, p. 4. Naval Obituary. CAPTAIN J. H. I. ALEXANDER, C.B. - We have to announce the death of Captain John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander, C.B., aide-de-camp to the Queen, in his forty-sixth year. In March last this gallant officer was capsized in his galley off Portland, and it was probably the immersion, acting on a delicate constitution, which has thus caused the loss of a most valuable and gallant officer, he having died of pulmonary consumption. In April of this year, from his increasing ill-health, he had to relinquish command of the Hector, 18, screw iron-ship, armour-plated, Coastguard ship at Southampton, in which command he was succeeded by Captain A. H. Hoskins. Captain Alexander had seen a good deal of service, and while in command of the Euryalus, 35, screw wooden frigate, during the Japanese war of 1865, was severely wounded, and, being permanently injured, was awarded a pension for wounds, and eventually made a Companion of the Order of the Bath and an aide-de-camp to the Queen. source: Obituary of John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander. London, UK: Naval and Military Gazette, 1 Dec 1875, p. 197. DEATHS. ALEXANDER.- Nov. 22, at Mentone, John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander, of Southbar, Renfrewshire, Captain Royal Navy, C.B., and A.D.C. to the Queen, and Officer of the Legion of Honour, aged 43. (The age was wrongly stated as 42 in the insertion on the 24th Nov.) source: Obituary of John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander. London, UK: The Standard, 4 Dec 1875, p. 7. John Hobhouse Inglis, second son of Boyd Alexander of Ballochmyle, was born in 1832, and succeeded his father in the estate of Southbar. In 1844 he joined the Royal Navy, in which he obtained the rank of captain. He served in the East and West Indies and the Crimea; also in the Japanese war, in which he was severely wounded. Captain Alexander was a companion of the Bath; and aide-de-camp to the Queen, and an officer of the Legion of Honour. He married Isabella Barbara, daughter of T. C. Hume, Esq., and had issue, two sons, Boyd William John, born 1862, and Edwin St Clair, born 1865; also three daughters, Sophia Isabella, Evelyn Mary, and Cora Sybil. Captain Alexander died in November 1875. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Companion of the Bath Capt. John Hobhouse Inglis (I181)
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| 205 | By ADJOURNMENT, To be SOLD by public roup, jointly or separately, within the Exchange Coffeehouse of Glasgow, upon Wednesday the 25th day of October 1775, betwixt the hours of twelve and two afternoon, The Lands and Estate of NEWTON, FULBAR, SERGEANTLAW, BARDREAN, NEWLANDCRAIGS, and LEITCHLAND, lately belonging to Claud Alexander of Newton, Esq; lying in the neighbourhood of Paisley, and shire of Renfrew; with the teinds thereof. The lands of Newton and Fulbar are holden of the Crown, and the lands of Fulbar alone entitle the proprietor to a vote in the election of a member of Parliament. There is a convenient good house on the lands of Newton, built within these few years, and a large good garden consisting of above six acres. And there are also on the grounds a good many old trees, and several plantations of young trees. A great part of the lands are out of leafe, and are set at present in grass at a very low rent. To be SOLD also at the same time, SOME ACRES of LAND, lying in Oxshawhead, within the burgh of Paisley, which also belonged to the said Claud Alexander. If the lands of Newton, Fulbar, and others mentioned in the first lot, are sold together, the purchaser will be allowed to retain for some time one half of the price, upon giving good security. The foresaid lands of Newton, &c. are surveyed, and the survey, rental, and progress of writs thereof, are in the hands of John Maxwell junior, and James Graham, writers in Glasgow. For further particulars, enquire at Mr John Russell clerk to the signet, Edinburgh, Mr Robert Neilson merchant in Paisley, or the saids Meffrs Maxwell and Graham. source: Edinburgh, UK: Caledonian Mercury, 18 Sep 1775. Claud Alexander, only son of Robert Alexander of Newtoun, was born in 1724, and succeeded to Newtoun in 1738. He married, in 1746, Joanna, daughter of Alexander Cuninghame of Craigends (descended from the noble House of Glencairn), by his wife, Anne, daughter of Sir John Houstoun, Bart. of that ilk, and grand-daughter of John Drummond, Earl of Melfort. Claud Alexander of Newtoun died in 1772, leaving five sons and six daughters. The daughters were - Catherine; Margaret, born 1753; Anna, born 1754; Wilhelmina, Lockhart, and Lilias (Baptismal Register of Abbey Parish, Paisley). source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Claud Esquire (I90)
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| 206 | Claud, second son of Robert Alexander of Blackhouse, by his first wife, Marion Hamilton, was born in 1645. By a disposition, dated 24th September 1669, he received from his father several subjects in the town of Paisley. In 1671 his father granted him the lands of Newtoun (Reg. Mag. Sig., lib. 1xii., 288). A zealous supporter of Presbyterianism, he became obnoxious to the Government, and was imprisoned at Edinburgh. According to Wodrow (vol. iv., 215), he was, on the 3d August 1686, liberated “under a bond of a thousand pounds sterling, to live regularly, and answer when called to anything that is to be laid to his charge.” In 1677 Claud Alexander of Newtoun married Jean, third daughter of William Ralston of that ilk, and his wife, Ursula Mure of Glanderstoun, by whom he had two sons and two daughters. In the Poll Tax Rolls of Renfrewshire for 1695, he is entered thus: “Claud Alexander of Newtoune for himself, 4 lib. 6sh.; Jean Ralstoune, his spouse, 6sh.; Robert, Claud, Ursula, and Marion, Alexander’ children, each 6sh., with three servants.” source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Claud (I66)
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| 207 | DEATH OF A SOLDIER OF THE INDIAN MUTINY. -Mr William Maxwell Alexander, who died on the 5th inst. at Badenweiler, Germany, was the son of the late Mr Boyd Alexander, of Ballochmyle, Ayrshire. He was educated at Harrow and Haileybury, and entered the Honourable East India Company’s service in 1856. He was one of the small band of civilians who endeavoured to check the progress of the Mutiny before the arrival of troops from England. Mr Alexander was in the Fort of Agra during the siege, and volunteered to act as a mounted scout. For his services at that time he was awarded the Indian Mutiny medal. He married, in 1871, Emma, daughter of the Rev. William Thorp. source: Obituary of William Maxwell Alexander. Aberdeen, UK: Aberdeen Weekly Journal, 23 Sep 1891. Mr. William M. Alexander (of Ballochmyle, N. B.), who entered the East India Company’s service in 1856. He was one of the small band of civilians who endeavoured to check the progress of the Indian Mutiny before the arrival of troops from England. In the Fort of Agra during the siege he volunteered to act as a mounted scout. For his services at that crisis he was awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal. source: Obituary of William M. Alexander. London, UK: The Graphic, 26 Sep 1891. DEATH OF A HERO OF THE INDIAN MUTINY. Mr William Maxwell Alexander, who died on the 5th inst. at Badenweiler, Germany, entered the Honourable East India Company’s service in 1856. He was one of the small band of civilians who endeavoured to check the progress of the Mutiny before the arrival of the troops from England. Mr Alexander was in the fort of Agra during the siege, and volunteered to act as mounted scout. For his services at that time he was awarded the Indian Mutiny medal. source: Obituary of William Maxwell Alexander. Aberdeen, UK: Aberdeen Evening Express, 2 Oct 1891. William Maxwell, fourth son of Boyd Alexander of Ballochmyle, was born in 1836. He was some time in the Civil Service of the East India Company, and served as a volunteer at Agra in the Indian Mutiny. He married Emma, daughter of the Rev. William Thorp. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, William Maxwell Esq. (I200)
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| 208 | DEATH OF THE DOWAGER LADY ALEXANDER. The Dowager Lady Alexander, who died on Saturday, in her 89th year, was the widow of Major-General Sir Claud Alexander, first baronet of Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, a former M.P. for South Ayrshire. She was Eliza, only daughter of the late Mr Alexander Speirs of Elderslie, M.P., Lord Lieutenant of the County of Renfrew, by his marriage with a daughter of Mr Thomas Campbell Hagart of Bantaskine; afterwards Mrs Ellisie of Invergarry. She married Sir Claud in 1868. He died in 1899. Her only child is the present Sir Claud Alexander, second baronet, who has three sons and one daughter. The family of Speirs, to which Lady Alexander belonged, purchased Elderslie in 1769. Elderslie is popularly associated with Sir William Wallace, whose reputed birthplace it is, and who is often styled the Knight of Elderslie. The estate was granted in the thirteenth century to Sir Malcolm Wallace, who is supposed to have been the Scottish hero’s father. The present mansion was built by the Speirs in 1777-1782. It contains numerous relics associated with the memory of Wallace. The present laird of Elderslie, Mr Alexander Archibald Hagart Speirs, is a nephew of the late Lady Alexander. source: Obituary of Eliza Alexander. Kilmarnock, UK: The Kilmarnock Herald, 21 Jul 1927. | Speirs, Eliza (I205)
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| 209 | DEATHS. ALEXANDER - February 12, at Lucknow, Boyd William John Alexander, Lieutenant 3rd Battalion Rifle Brigade, eldest son of the late Captain John H. J. Alexander, R.N., C.B., aged 20 years. source: Obituary of Lt. Boyd William John Alexander. Belfast, UK: The Belfast Newsletter, 19 Jul 1892, p. 1. | Alexander, Boyd William John (I184)
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| 210 | DEATHS. ALEXANDER. - On the 24th inst., at her residence, 12, Hanover-terrace, Miss Joanna Alexander. source: Death notice of Joanna Alexander. London, UK: The Morning Post, 25 Feb 1859. Gravestone Inscription IN MEMORY OF MARGARET STEWART ALEXANDER ELDEST DAUGHTER OF CLAUD ALEXANDER ESQR. OF BALLOCHMYLE DIED 15th AUGUST 1861 AGED 65 YEARS ALSO OF JOANNA ALEXANDER SISTER OF THE ABOVE DIED 24th FEBRUARY 1859 AGED 65 YEARS “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” I THESSALONIANS. XV.16. | Alexander, Anna Joanna (I168)
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| 211 | DEATHS. At Ballochmyle House, on the 2d inst., WM. M. ALEXANDER, Esq. source: Death notice of William M. Alexander. Greenock, UK: Greenock Advertiser, 4 Mar 1853. DEATH OF WILLIAM MAXWELL ALEXANDER, ESQ., OF BALLOCHMYLE. - With much regret we announce the demise of this gentleman, which took place at his own mansion upon Tuesday morning, the 1st current, after a short but severe illness. Since Mr Alexander succeeded to his beautiful and extensive property, upon the death of his brother, Claud Alexander, Esq., in the beginning of 1845, few men have been better known in this county, or fulfilled more actively and ably all the duties of a country gentleman. For many years connected with the mercantile profession, his shrewd business habits, combined with much natural energy of disposition, made him, on coming to settle in this county, a valuable assistant in the transaction of its public business. Mr Alexander was of conservative principles, and oftener than once suggestions were made to him to enter Parliament, but this honor he never aspired to, not desiring to relinquish the less ambitious occupations he found, agreeably and usefully, to busy him at home. He was endeared to a large circle of friends by the kindness of his disposition and very amiable qualities, and he dispensed with no sparing hand the hospitalities of his splendid mansion. It may be long ere his loss is supplied in the district of his residence. Mr Alexander was never married, and was between 50 and 60 years of age. He is, we believe, succeeded by his brother, Boyd Alexander Esq., of Southbar. - Ayr Observer. source: Obituary of William Maxwell Alexander. Greenock, UK: Greenock Advertiser, 11 Mar 1853. Gravestone Inscription WILLIAM MAXWELL ALEXANDER ESQR. Of BALLOCHMYLE DIED 2d MARCH 1853 AGED 63 YEARS. “For I know that my Redeemer liveth, and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth. And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God.” John XIX.25.26. died unmarried (source: Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1, Fifth Edition. London: Harrison, 1875.) | Alexander, Esquire William Maxwell (I120)
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| 212 | DEATHS. At Southbarr, on the 13th instant, Boyd Alexander, Esq. of Ballochmyle and Southbarr, aged 65. source: Death notice of Boyd Alexander. Glasgow, UK: The Glasgow Daily Herald, 15 Oct 1861, p. 3. Died, at Southbarr, on the 13th instant, BOYD ALEXANDER, Esq., of Ballochmyle and Southbarr, aged sixty-five. source: Death notice of Boyd Alexander. Edinburgh, UK: The Edinburgh Evening Courant, 16 Oct 1861. DEATH OF BOYD ALEXANDER, ESQ.- Boyd Alexander, Esq., of Southbarr and Ballochmyle, died on Sunday morning last, between five and six o’clock, at his residence, Southbarr. The deceased gentleman was well known in the county of Renfrew, of which he was commissioner of supply, and was highly esteemed by his tenantry and by the gentlemen of the county. Mr Alexander was Conservative in politics, but took no prominent part in public affairs, at least for a considerable period, being quiet and unobtrusive in his disposition. His daughter is married to Stewart Nicholson, Esq., brother of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, the member for the county. source: Obituary of Boyd Alexander. Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh Evening Courant, 16 Oct 1861. ALEXANDER. - On the 13th inst., Boyd Alexander, Esq., of Ballochmyle, and South Bar, youngest son of the late Claud Alexander, Esq., aged 65. source: Death notice of Boyd Alexander. London, UK: The Sun, 19 Oct 1861. DEATH OF BOYD ALEXANDER, ESQ. - We regret to announce the death of Boyd Alexander, Esq, of Southbar and Ballochmyle. The melancholy event took place on Sabbath morning last, between five and six o’clock, at his residence, Southbar. For a considerable period he was one of the Commissioners of Supply for the county. He was a conservative in politics, and never took a prominent part in public matters. It is only some six or seven years ago that, on the death of his brother, he came into possession of one of his estates, that of Ballochmyle. Mr Alexander was a widower, and has left four sons and one daughter to lament his loss. His daughter is married to Stewart Nicholson, Esq., brother to Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart., of Greenock and Blackhall. source: Obituary of Boyd Alexander. Paisley, UK: The Renfrewshire Independent, 19 Oct 1861. MAUCHLINE. Death of Boyd Alexander, Esq. - Boyd Alexander, Esq., of Southbarr and Ballochmyle, died on Sunday morning last, between five and six o’clock, at his residence, Southbarr. The deceased gentleman was well known in the county of Renfrew, of which he was a commissioner of supply, and was highly esteemed by his tenantry, to whom, though he was strict and probably somewhat stern in his capacity of landlord, he was always just and liberal. He was also held in high estimation by the gentlemen of the county. Mr Alexander was Conservative in politics, but took no prominent part in public affairs, at least for a considerable period, being quiet and unobtrusive in his disposition. About six or seven years ago, on the death of his brother, he inherited the estate of Ballochmyle. For the last five or six years Mr Alexander was afflicted with diabetes; and with the hope of improving his health he travelled to Egypt, where he remained some months, returning home about two years ago, but without having experienced much benefit from the change of climate. His wife had been dead some time, but he has four sons and a daughter surviving. His daughter is married to Stewart Nicholson, Esq., brother of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, the member for the county of Renfrew. source: Obituary of Boyd Alexander. Ardrossan, UK: The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald, 19 Oct 1861. Boyd Alexander of Ballochmyle and Southbar, born in 1796, married, in 1828, Sophia Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, Bart. of Westbury, Wiltshire, and sister of John, Lord Broughton, G.C.B., by whom he had five sons and one daughter, Helenora Margaret Angela. She married, in 1857, John Archibald Shaw Stewart, second son of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart. of Ardgowan, and died in 1865, leaving issue. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Boyd Esq. (I121)
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| 213 | DEATHS. June 5, aged 88, Wilhelmina, sister of the late Claud Alexander, of Ballochmyle, Ayrshire. source: Death notice of Wilhelmina Alexander. London, UK: The St. James’s Chronicle, 20 Jun 1843, p. 4. Wilhelmina Alexander is celebrated by Burns in his song, “The Bonnie Lass o’ Ballochmyle.” The poet had, by the banks of the Ayr, changed to encounter Miss Wilhelmina. There was no conversation or sign of recognition, but the poet afterwards depatched to her a copy of his song. She did not acknowledge it, but her nephew, the proprietor of Ballochmyle, has placed a bower on the spot where the poet saw her. Miss Wilhelmina Alexander died in 1843, at the age of eighty-eight. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Wilhelmina (I112)
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| 214 | Deaths. On the 15th inst., Margaret Stewart, eldest daughter of the late Claud Alexander, Esq., of Ballochmyle, aged 69. source: Death notice of Margaret Stewart Alexander. Edinburgh, UK: The Scotsman, 20 Aug 1861. Gravestone Inscription IN MEMORY OF MARGARET STEWART ALEXANDER ELDEST DAUGHTER OF CLAUD ALEXANDER ESQR. OF BALLOCHMYLE DIED 15th AUGUST 1861 AGED 65 YEARS ALSO OF JOANNA ALEXANDER SISTER OF THE ABOVE DIED 24th FEBRUARY 1859 AGED 65 YEARS “For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.” I THESSALONIANS. XV.16. | Alexander, Margaret Stewart (I122)
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| 215 | Dec. 27. At the parish church, Hove, Boyd Francis Alexander, esq., Capt. And Brevet-Major Rifle Brigade, third son of the late Boyd Alexander, esq., of Balleehmye, Ayrshire, to Mary, eldest dau. of David Wilson, esq., of Castleton, Wimbledon-common, and Brunswick-terrace, Brighton. source: Urban, Sylvanus. The Gentleman’s Magazine and Historical Review, Volume 1, Jan.-Jun, 1866. London, UK: Bradbury, Evans and Company, 1866. The death has been announced of Colonel B. F. Alexander, late Rifle Brigade, brother of the late Sir Claud Alexander, M.P. for South Ayrshire. He was the third son of Boyd Alexander of Ballochmyle, and his mother was a daughter of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, and a sister of Lord Broughton. He served in the Crimea, and during the Indian Mutiny, and highly distinguished himself at the capture of Lucknow. The Alexanders bought the estate of Ballochmyle (with which Burns had many associations) from the Whitefords, one of whom was the original Colonel Talbot in “Waverly.” source: Obituary of Boyd Francis Alexander. London, UK: The Truth, 19 Aug 1917, p. 5. DEATH OF COL. ALEXANDER. Colonel Boyd Francis Alexander, of Swifts, Cranbrook, who had been in failing health for a long time past, died on Sunday, at the age of 83 years. He was the father of the two well-known explorers. Captain Claude and Lieut. Boyd Alexander, who lost their lives in Nigeria. The deceased gentleman purchased Swift’s estate about 47 years ago. He had since resided there continuously, and he will be greatly missed in the town and neighborhood of Cranbrook. He was on the commission of the Peace for Kent. Mrs. Alexander predeceased her husband about 15 years ago. Two sons survive, viz., Major Robin Alexander and Mr. Herbert Alexander, now in India, and one daughter, who is the wife of the Rev. Roland Davies, and resides near Bath. The funeral takes places on Wednesday, at Goudhurst, following a service at Cranbrook Parish Church. source: Obituary of Boyd Francis Alexander. Maidstone, UK: The South Eastern Gazette, 21 Aug 1917, p. 3. Indian Mutiny Veteran’s Death. The death is announced of Lieutenant-Colonel Boyd Francis Alexander, late of the Rifle Brigade, who served in the Indian Mutiny, and was present at the Battle Cawnpore and the siege and capture of Lucknow. The third son of Mr Boyd Alexander, of Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, and his wife, the daughter of Sir B. Hobhouse, Bt., he was born in 1834, and was educated at Harrow. He served with his regiment in Turkey in 1854, in the Indian Mutiny, and in the Oudh campaign. He commanded a storming party at the attack on Fort Birwah, being twice wounded and mentioned in dispatches and obtaining his brevet majority. In 1870 he was in Canada and participated in the resistance to the Fenian Rad. He was married and had two sons and a daughter. source: Obituary of Boyd Francis Alexander. Sudbury, UK: Suffolk and Essex Free Press, 22 Aug 1917, p. 6. THE LATE COLONEL BOYD ALEXANDER. THE death is announced at the age of 83 of Colonel Boyd Francis Alexander, of Swifts, Kent, late Rifle Brigade, father of the late Mr Boyd Alexander, the distinguished African traveller and ornithologist. Colonel Alexander was a younger brother of the late General Sir Claud Alexander, 1st Baronet of Ballochmyle, M.P. for South Ayrshire from 1874 to 1885. He was the third son of the late Boyd Alexander of Ballochmyle and Southbar, by his marriage with a sister of Lord Broughton, Cabinet Minister and author. Col. Alexander was educated at Harrow. His record of active service included Turkey, the Indian Mutiny, and the Fenian rising in Canada. In 1865 he married Mary (d. 1905), daughter of the late Mr David Wilson of Castleton House, Surrey, and had issue. The present Sir Claude Alexander, 2nd Bart., is his nephew; and another nephew is Captain Edwyn Alexander-Sinclair, R.N. of Freswick and Dunbeath Castle, Caithness, who received the C.B. in 1916 for distinguished services when in command of a war vessel. He successfully attacked a Zeppelin off the Schleswig coast. Ballochmyle was bought by the Alexanders in 1783 from the ancient family of Whiteford, one of whom, Colonel Allan Whiteford, was the original of Scott’s “Colonel Talbot” in “Waverly.” Burns was a frequent wanderer in the Ballochmyle woods. His “Farewell to Ballochmyle” was written in sympathy with the grief of Miss Whiteford on leaving her old home; while his “Lass o’ Ballochmyle” was a tribute to one of the Miss Alexanders. At a crag at Ballochmyle he also wrote his “Man Was Made to Mourn.” source: Obituary of Boyd Francis Alexander. Edinburgh, UK: The Scotsman, 24 Aug 1917, p. 4. Town and Country Notes Lieut.-Col. Boyd Francis Alexander, of Swifts, Cranbrook, whose death was reported in last Tuesday’s “South Eastern Gazette,” was an Indian Mutiny veteran with a distinguished record and only missed being a Crimean veteran also because his Regiment - he had joined the Rifle Brigade - was kept in Turkey during that war. Cawnpore, Lucknow, Oudh, and Nawabgunge were all included in Lieut.-Col. Alexander’s battle honours. He commanded the storming party at the brilliantly successful forlorn hope attack on Fort Birwah, where he was twice wounded. For that he was mentioned in General Barker’s despatch in October, 1858, as deserving of “the greatest credit.” He thus early obtained his brevet majority. In 1870 he served during the Fenian Raid in Canada. Of the two explorer sons of Lieut.-Col. Alexander who lost their lives in Nigeria the elder, Lieut. Boyd Alexander, achieved particular distinction. He was the first successful navigator of Lake Chad and the discoverer of the vast waterway across Africa from the Niger to the Nile. source: “Town and Country Notes.” Maidstone, UK: The South Eastern Gazette, 28 Aug 1917, p. 5. Boyd Francis Alexander, third son of Boyd Alexander of Ballochmyle, was born in 1834. He served with the Rifle Brigade in Turkey, India, and Canada. He was twice wounded in the Indian Mutiny, and was mentioned in despatches, and promoted to the rank of major in the army for his services. He is now lieutenant-colonel. He married, in 1865, Mary, daughter of David Wilson of Castleton, Surrey, by whom he has had four sons, Boyd and Robert, born 1873; Herbert, born 1874; and David, born 1876; and two daughters, Marion and Helenor. In 1871 he purchased the estate of Swifts, Kent. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Lt. Col. Boyd Francis (I189)
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| 216 | died unmarried (source: Howard, Joseph Jackson and Frederick Arthur Crisp. Visitation of Ireland, Volume 3. Privately printed, 1899.) | Alexander, Lt. Lesley (I315)
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| 217 | DIED. At East Bank, Renfrewshire, on the 25th ult., Catherine Maxwell Alexander, third daughter of the late Claud Alexander, of Ballochmyle, Ayrshire. source: Death notice of Catherine Maxwell Alexander. London, UK: John Bull 4 Aug 1834. | Alexander, Catherine Maxwell (I123)
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| 218 | His tombstone is decorated with the arms of the House of Menstry (source: Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003.) | Alexander, James (I925)
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| 219 | In 1491 David Alexander was placed on the roll of burgesses (Burgh Records of Paisley). He succeeded John Alexander, and possessed the same property in 1498 (Charter by Robert, Abbot of Paisley, to Richard Brigton). source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, David (I212)
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| 220 | In 1508 Gilbert Alexander became a burgess of Paisley (Burgh Records). In the MS. Rental Book of the Monastery of Paisley (Advocates Library, p. 153), the following entry occurs in the rental of John Hamilton, commendator, made in October and November 1525: “Annui redditus ville de Paslay, The Pryor croft, Jhone Alexr. & Gilbert Alexr. xiijs. iiijd.” Gilbert Alexander marriage Agnes Inglis, by whom he had a son, William, who is mentioned as his heir in 1542 (Family MSS., vol. i.). source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Gilbert (I208)
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| 221 | In the MS. Rental Book of the Monastery of Paisley (Advocates Library, p. 153), the following entry occurs in the rental of John Hamilton, commendator, made in October and November 1525: “Annui redditus ville de Paslay, The Pryor croft, Jhone Alexr. & Gilbert Alexr. xiijs. iiijd.” source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. In the Rental Book, at pages 185 and 187, are these entries: “Anno Mo etc. xxvij (1527) Brablo syd, Jhon Alexr. elder, xiij acris . . . ane akyr jbl bere;” (circa same date), “Corsflat, xvij acris, Johne Alexr. ane akyr 1b. bere.” source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, John (I125)
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| 222 | In the year 1413, Richard Alexander is one of the several arbiters appointed to decide upon a question between John Stewart of Darnley and Sir John Ross of Hawkhead, relating to the lands of Hullerished (Memorials of the Maxwells of Pollok, vol. i.). as Paisley at this period consisted of not more than twelve houses, it is not improbable that from this Richard was descended John Alexander, who, in 1488, when the village of Paisley was erected into a royal burgh, was created a burgess. He is described as owner of a house and land of the west side of the “Paisley Tak and Unhouss” (Charter by Abbot George Schaw to Andrew Payntor, 1490). source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, John (I211)
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| 223 | James, second son of John Alexander and Elizabeth Carswell, was one of the two bailies of Paisley, and a Commissioner of War. He had two sons, James and Claud. The latter became a solicitor in Paisley. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, James (I56)
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| 224 | JOHN ALEXANDER, his son and heir, had a sassine of the said land in 1598 from the Baillies of the borough of Paisley. He was magistrate of Paisley in 1594. In 1621 he obtained a confirmation of the land of Calsiesyde from Archibald Stewart of Ardgowan. He had two sons, I. ROBERT, b. 1604. II. James, who had issue, James of Candren, and Claud. source: Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1, Fourth Edition. London, UK: Harrison, 1868. | Alexander, John (I52)
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| 226 | John Alexander, son of John Alexander, possessed, prior to 1541, the house and land known as the “Paisley Tak.” He is, in a charter of that year, granted by John, Abbot of Paisley, to John Dowhill, described as “the late John Alexander.” In 1579 John Alexander of the Paisley Tak is named in a deed preserved in the family. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. JOHN ALEXANDER held land in Calsiesyde of the Abbot of the monastery of Paisley. He died before 1540. source: Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1, Fourth Edition. London, UK: Harrison, 1868. | Alexander, John (I124)
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| 227 | Lately, was married, Boyd Alexander, Esq; from India, to Miss Camilla Porterfield, daughter of Boyd Porterfield of Porterfield, Esq; source: Marriage news of Boyd Alexander and Camilla Porterfield. Edinburgh, UK: The Caledonian Mercury, 16 Apr 1785. DIED. On Friday last, Boyd Alexander, Esq. of Southbar. source: Death notice of Boyd Alexander. London, UK: The Courier, 19 Jul 1825. DEATHS. At Southbar, on the 13th instant, Boyd Alexander, Esq. source: Death notice of Boyd Alexander. Cupar, UK: The Fife Herald, 28 Jul 1825. Boyd, third son of Claud Alexander, born January 1758, entered the service of the East India Company. He purchased the estates of Southbar and Boghall, Renfrewshire. In 1796 he was chosen M.P. for Renfrew, and was returned as representative for Glasgow in 1806. He married his cousin, Camilla, daughter of Boyd Porterfield of that ilk, by his wife Christian, daughter of Alexander Cuninghame of Craigends. He died without issue in 1825. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. Boyd Alexander of Southbar, M.P. for Renfrew, matriculated in 1784, bears, “parted per pale argent and sable, a chevron; in base a crescent, and in chief a writing-pen counterchanged; all within a bordure, parted per pale gules and or. Crest - A dexter hand holding a writing-pen, both proper. Motto - ‘Fidem Serva’ “ (Lyon Register) source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Boyd Esquire, H.E.I.C.S. (I101)
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| 228 | Lockhart, fifth daughter of Claud Alexander of Newtoun, married her cousin, Claud Neilson, and had issue. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Lockhart (I165)
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| 229 | March 25. 1704 Allan Walkinshaw of Orchyard in this paroch & Jean Alexr Relict of the deceast William Greenlees late Shiriff Clerk of Renfrew, now in the City of Edinburgh were booked in order to proclamation for marriage and after three severall times & being proclaimed were married at Ed. April 22. source: Allan Walkinshaw and Joan Alexander, Marriage Record, 22 Apr 1704, Paisley Abbey, Paisley, Renfrewshire, Scotland. | Alexander, Jean (I152)
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| 230 | MARRIAGES. Alexander and Speirs - February 12, at St. George’s, Hanover Square, London, by the Rev. W. B. Simpson, Lieut.-Colonel Claud Alexander, Grenadier Guards, to Eliza, only daughter of the late Alexander Speirs, Esq. source: Marriage news of Claud Alexander and Eliza Speirs. Belfast, UK: The Belfast Newsletter, 16 Feb 1863. THE NEW BARONETS, &c. Major-General Claud Alexander, of Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, upon whom Her Majesty has been pleased to confer the honour of a baronetcy, is the eldest son of the late Mr Boyd Alexander, of Ballochmyle, by his marriage with Sophia Elizabeth, third daughter of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, and sister of the late Lord Broughton. He was born in 1831, and was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford. He entered the Grenadier Guards as ensign and lieutenant in 1849, became colonel in 1875, and a major-general on the retired list in 1883. He served in the Crimean war, including the siege and fall of Sebastopol. Sir Claud Alexander is a magistrate for Ayrshire and Renfrewshire, and sat in the House of Commons, in the Conservative interest, as member for South Ayrshire from 1874 until the recent election, when he was defeated by Mr E. Wason. Sir Claud married, in 1863, Eliza, only daughter of the late Mr Alexander Speirs, M.P., of Elderslie, Renfrewshire. source: “THE NEW BARONETS, &c.” Aberdeen, UK: The Daily Free Press, 4 Jan 1886, p. 5. DEATH OF SIR CLAUD ALEXANDER A telegram was received yesterday morning at Ballochmyle that Major-General Sir Claud Alexander, Bart., the popular proprietor of the estate, had died the night before in his town house, King Street, Westminster, London. Although for many years in a delicate state of health, up till the time of leaving Ballochmyle for London, at the beginning of last month, Sir Claud was able to take regular driving exercise, and the news of his death came as a shock on the whole county, of which he was one of the most respected landlords, and the southern district, of which he was an honourable representative at Westminster during two Parliaments previous to the election of Mr Eugene Wason. Sir Claud was born in London on 15th January, 1831, and was the eldest son of the late Boyd Alexander of Ballochmyle. Deceased was married in 1863 to Eliza, only daughter of the late Alexander Spiers, M.P., of Elderslie. Sir Claud was educated at Eton and at Christ Church, Oxford; entered the Grenadier Guards as ensign and lieutenant in 1849, became colonel 1875, and major-general on retired list 1883; served in the Crimean War, including siege and fall of Sebastopol. He was a J.P. and D.L. for the counties of Ayr and Renfrew, and represented South Ayrshire in Parliament from February, 1874, to November, 1885. As a great admirer of Burns, he had the honour of opening the Burns Monument in Kilmarnock. Indeed, he had a hereditary connection with the national poet, for Miss Welhelmina Alexander was a sister of an ancestor of Sir Claud and the heroine of the beautiful song, “The Lass of Ballochmyle.” He is succeeded by his son, Claud, who was born in 1867. The new baronet was educated at Eton and at New College, Oxford, and is a J.P. of the county of Ayr. source: Obituary of Sir Claud Alexander. Greenock, UK: The Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette, 25 May 1899. Claud Alexander, now of Ballochmyle, was born 15th January 1831. He succeeded his father in the estate of Ballochmyle in 1861. He is a deputy-lieutenant of Ayrshire, a colonel in the Grenadier Guards, and has obtained the Order of the Medjidee. With his regiment he served in the Crimean war. At the general election in 1874 he was elected M.P. for South Ayrshire. In 1863 he married Eliza, daughter of Alexander Speirs of Elderslie, M.P., Lord-Lieutenant of Renfrewshire, by whom he has a son, Claud, born 24th February 1867. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Maj. Gen. Sir Claud (I204)
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| 231 | Married at Paisley, on Monday last, Major John Alexander, of the 56th regiment, to Miss Neilson, daughter of the late Robert Neilson, Esq., of Paisley. source: Marriage news of John Alexander and Jane Neilson. Edinburgh, UK: The Caledonian Mercury, 8 Aug 1795. Aug. 3, at Paisley, Major John Alexander, of the 57th regt. To Miss Nielson, daughter of the late Robert Nielson, Esq. source: Marriage news of John Alexander and Jane Neilson. Edinburgh, UK: The Scots Magazine, August 1795. John, the youngest son, entered the army, and became major in the 56th Regiment. He married his cousin Jean, daughter of Robert Neilson, and died without issue. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Maj. John (I106)
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| 232 | Michael Stewart, youngest son of Boyd Alexander of Ballochmyle, was born 1839, and died in 1855. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Michael Stewart (I203)
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| 233 | On Monday last was married at Springkell, Claud Alexander, Esq; of Ballamyle, to Miss Helenora Maxwell, eldest daughter of Sir William Maxwell of Springkell, Bart. source: Marriage news of Claud Alexander and Helenora Maxwell. Edinburgh, UK: Caledonian Mercury, 2 Feb 1788. At Springfield, Claud Alexander, Esq; of Ballamyle, to Miss Eleonora Maxwell, eldest daughter of Sir William Maxwell of Springkell, Bt. source: Marriage news of Claud Alexander and Eleonora Maxwell. Edinburgh, UK: The Scots Magazine, 1 Jan 1788. At Edinburgh, Claud Alexander, Esq. of Ballamyle. source: Death notice of Claud Alexander. Edinburgh, UK: The Scots Magazine, May 1809. Gravestone Inscription IN MEMORY OF CLAUD ALEXANDER ESQR. OF BALLOCHMYLE SON OF CLAUD ALEXANDER ESQR. OF NEWTON-RENFREWSHIRE BORN 7th JANUARY 1752 DIED 4th MAY 1809 AGED 57 YEARS “Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it.” PSALM CXXVII. Claud, second son, born 1753, entered the Civil Service of the East India Company, and became paymaster-general of the Company’s troops in Bengal. From the old family of Whitefoord he purchased the estate of Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, in 1783, and there established his seat. He married, in 1788, Helenora, daughter of Sir William Maxwell, Bart. of Springkell, by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart. of Blackhall and Ardgowan. He was father of three sons and five daughters. Margaret Stewart, the eldest daughter, died in 1861; Catherine Maxwell, second daughter, died in 1834; Anna Joanna, third daughter, died in 1859; Helenora, fourth daughter, died young. Mary, the youngest daughter, married, in 1834, Joshua Stansfield Crompton of Azerley, Yorkshire; she died in 1867, leaving issue. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. The arms of Claud Alexander of Ballochmyle, matriculated in 1788, are: “Parted per pale argent and sable, a chevron; in base a crescent, and in chief a fleur-de-lys, all counterchanged; within a bordure parted per pale gules and or. Crest - An elephant proper. Motto - ‘Perseverantia vincit’ “ (Lyon Register). source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Claud H.E.I.C.S. (I100)
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| 234 | On Mr. Hall’s return to his own charge in Ireland, the pulpit of Kilmacolm was again vacant. Without, however, any considerable delay the parish made up its mind on a successor. It so happened that the parishes of Erskine and Neilston were also vacant, and all three set their affections on the same man. This very popular preacher was James Alexander, the eldest son of Robert Alexander of Blackhouse. He was a young man of great promise, a distinguished student of Glasgow University, where he graduated in Arts in 1653. He was under twenty years of age when he was inducted to the charge of Kilmacolm. The proceedings in the case were very simple and unanimous:-“27th Jan., 1655. Mr. James Alexander having passed all his examinations, is licentiat to preach as an expectant. The same day the parochiners of Kilmacolm, Erskine, and Neilston, desyre the Presbytery to send Mr. James to preach in their respective congregations betwixt and the nixt Presbytery day; but the Presbytery, having heard the said Mr. James declare that he inclineth to preach only in Kilmacolm, do therefore appoint him to preach there.” On 7th February the “parochiners of Kilmacolm submit a Call to Mr. Alexander, and ask the Presbytery to take him on trials.” They appoint his trials for next meeting, when he delivers a controversial thesis in Latin, and is examined in “Chronologie, Cases of Conscience, problematic questions reconciling places of Scripture, and in Greek and Hebrew.” His trials are sustained, and his induction fixed for 29th March:-“29th March, 1655. This day, being a day of solemne humiliation, Mr. Alex. Dunlop did preach, and thereafter Mr. James Alexander was ordained minister at Kilmacolm, with fasting, prayer, and imposition of the hands of the Presbytery, in the public congregation; and Mr. Hugh Smith did preach in the afternoon.” The induction was attended by no social or festive celebrations; the act of ordination had a special virtue when the ordaining Presbyters were fasting, and a day of humiliation was a day given over to much preaching. source: Murray, James. Kilmacolm: A Parish History, 1100-1898. Paisley, UK: Alexander Gardner, 1898. JAMES ALEXANDER of Blackhouse and Boghall, born 1634, eldest son of Robert A. of Blackhouse, town clerk of Paisley, and Marion Hamilton; M.A. (Glasgow 1653); licen. by Presb. of Irvine 27th Jan. 1655; ord. 29th March that year; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of the Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. In March 1669 he was accused before the Privy Council at Ayr of preaching and baptizing irregularly. He died of fever that year. He was eminent for his piety and scholarship. He marr. (cont. 9th June 1657) Mary (died in 1701), daugh. of John Maxwell of Southbar, and had issue-Robert of Blackhouse, W.S., died 23rd May 1723; John, merchant, Glasgow; Jean (marr. (1) cont. 24th Aug. 1689, William Greenlees of Auchlamont, writer in Ayr: (2) 26th Nov. 1704, Alan Walkinshaw of Orchard); Mary; Elizabeth; Anne.-[Wodrow’s Hist., i. 327, ii. 123; Ayr Sas., ix., 244, 245.] source: Scott, Hew. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, Volume 3. Edinburgh, UK: Oliver and Boyd, 1920. James Alexander, designed “of Boghall,” eldest son of Robert Alexander of Blackhouse, was born in 1634. He entered the University of Glasgow, where he graduated in 1653. Obtaining a licence as a probationer in 1655, he was the same year ordained minister of Kilmalcolm, Renfrewshire. For his adherence to the Presbyterian polity, he was deprived by Act of Parliament, 11th June, and of the Privy Council, 1st October 1662. Accused of preaching and baptizing irregularly, he was summoned to Ayr in March 1669; he died of fever in the same year about the age of thirty-four (Fasti Eccl. Scot., vol. ii., p. 250). He married Mary, daughter of John Maxwell of Southbar, descended from Adam Maxwell, fifth son of the first Lord Maxwell of Caerlaverock, by Elizabeth, daughter of William Cuninghame of Craigends; she died in 1670. By her he had a son, John, and four daughters, Elizabeth, Mary, Jean, and Anna. His daughter Jean was, in September 1689, married to William Greenlees, one of the magistrates of Paisley (Reg. Abbey Parish of Paisley). source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. Mr. Alexander of Blackhouse and Boghall, minister at Kilmalcolm, to which charge he was ordained in 1656. He married Mary, daughter of the Laird of Southbar, and aunt of Mr. James Stirling, minister of the Barony of Glasgow. This marriage took place in 1657. A contract was entered into upon the occasion, “between the said Robert Alexander and James Alexander, commissar at Kilmalcolm, his eldest son, on the marriage of the latter with Mary Maxwell, daughter of John Maxwell of Southbar, whereby the former became bound to convey to the latter his lands of Blackhouse, Chappelland, mill of Dalmilling, £3 11s. land of Dalmilling, called Gairdner Hunter and Lauchland’s maillings, and the one-half merkland of Dalmilling, called Graystack, under the reservation of his own liferent, of one-half thereof,” dated 9th June, 1657. Mr. Alexander was among the “outed” ministers in 1662. He is said to have died of fever in 1669; but this could not have been the case, for, on the 30th October, 1685, he grants a disposition in favour of Robert Alexander, his eldest lawful son, of the lands and estate of Blackhouse. He had issue:- 1. Robert, of Blackhouse. 2. John, born about 1660, was a merchant in Glasgow, and at his death, in 1712, he mortified £100 for the use of the poor members of the merchant rank in Glasgow, and also to the poor of the Kirk Session £66, 13s. 4d. Scots. He married, about 1690, Janet Cuninghame, a daughter of the Laird of Craigends, and had issue:- 1. Robert, his heir. 2. William, Provost of Edinburgh. 3. Anna, married to Peter Murdoch, merchant, and Provost of Edinburgh (his second wife.) They had a daughter, Mary. 3. Jean, married to William Greenlies of Auchlamont (Paisley Parish), writer in Ayr. Contract dated 24th August, 1689. He died before 1698. source: Paterson, James. History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton, Volume I. Edinburgh, UK: James Stillie, 1863. JAMES ALEXANDER, of Boghall, who predeceased his father in 1669, m. Mary, dau. of John Maxwell, of Southbar, who was descended of Adam Maxwell, fifth son of the first Lord Maxwell, of Caerlaverock, and had issue, I. JOHN. 1. Elizabeth, d. 1671. II. Mary. III. Joan, married. IV. Anna. source: Burke, Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland, Volume 1, Fourth Edition. London, UK: Harrison, 1868. | Alexander, Rev. James (I50)
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| 235 | On the 19th inst., Sophia Elizabeth, wife of Boyd Alexander, Esq., of Ballochmyle and South Barr, and sister of the Right Hon. Lord Broughton, G.C.B. source: Death notice of Sophia Elizabeth Alexander. Greenock, UK: The Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette, 27 Oct 1859. | Hobhouse, Sophia Elizabeth (I176)
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| 236 | On the 30th ult. at the Rev Francis Brownlow’s, county of Derry, after a few days’ illness, Elizabeth Georgiana, wife of Claude Alexander, Esq. of Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, North Britain and daughter of the late Colonel and Lady Martha Keatinge. source: Obituary of Elizabeth Georgiana Alexander. Belfast, UK: the Belfast Newsletter, 13 Oct 1843. IN MEMORY OF E. J. G. KEATINGE. WIFE OF CLAUD ALEXANDER OF BALLOCHMYLE. WHO DIED AT ALLA RECTORY, COUNTY OF DERRY, IRELAND. ON THE 30th, SEPTEMBER 1843. BLESSED ARE THE DEAD WHICH DIE IN THE LORD REV: 14.13. WHEN CHRIST WHO IN OUR LIFE SHALL APPEAR THEN SHALL YE ALSO APPEAR WITH HIM IN GLORY COL: 3.4. source: E. J. G. Keatinge, Gravestone Photo, Died 20 Sep 1843, Mauchline Parish Cemetery, Mauchline, East Ayrshire, Scotland | Keating, Elizabeth (I172)
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| 237 | On the fifth instant, at her residence, 12, Hanover-terrace, Regent’s Park, aged 65, Helenora, widow of Claud Alexander, Esq., of Ballochmyle, N. B., and daughter of the late Sir William Maxwell, Bart., of Sprkingkell. source: Death notice of Helenora Alexander. London, UK: The Morning Post, 7 Nov 1832. | Maxwell, Helenora (I115)
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| 238 | Robert Alexander, elder son of Claud Alexander of Newtoun, born in April 1681, succeeded his father in the estate of Newtoun in 1703. He married his cousin, Margaret, daughter of his uncle, Robert Alexander, by whom he had a son and daughter. The daughter, Jean, married Robert Neilson of Paisley, by whom she had issue. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. Robert Alexander of Newton, Esq; married his cousin, Margaret, daughter of Robert Alexander, a younger son of the family of Blackhouse, one of the principal clerks to the court of session, by whom he had issue, a son, Claud, and a daughter, Jean, married to Mr. Robert Neilson, merchant in Paisley, and had issue. source: Crawfurd, George. A General Description of the Shire of Renfrew, Including an Account of the Noble and Ancient Families. Paisley, UK: J. Neilson, 1818. Robert Alexander of Newton succeeded his father. He married a daughter of his uncle, James Alexander of Blackhouse, and had by her Claud, his successor, and a daughter, Jean, married to Robert Neilson, merchant in Paisley. source: Paterson, James. History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigton, Volume I. Edinburgh, UK: James Stillie, 1863. On the death of Claud Alexander of Newton, his eldest son, Robert Alexander, Writer to the Signet, Edinburgh, succeeded to the “lands of Newton,” “Paslay Tak,” the property in High-street then called “Aikett’s Yard,” noticed in the second lecture as claimed by William Stewart and the doomster of the Countess of Mar, and a property in Causeyside called Calseyland. The property in High-street had been purchased by Thomas Inglis of Corsflat; and his only daughter, Anna, a girl of twelve years of age, had been forced by her mother and stepfather to marry William Cunningham of Aikett, a most lamentable circumstance. The property was afterwards called “Lady Aikett’s,” and she sold it to Robert Alexander of Blackhouse, her father’s old apprentice; and it will be found entered in the Rental of Feu-Duties, under the head of Priorscroft, “Robert Alexr, writer, his waist tenement.” (Paisley Magazine, page 682.) Calseyland was bounded on the north by the lands of Nether Bailzie, and on the west by Saint Mirin’s Burn. The Town Counci of Paisley purchased from Mr. Robert Alexander, Writer to the Signet, Aikett’s Yard and Calseyland, on 25th January, 1734, for the purpose of erecting a church for the Burgh of Paisley, to accommodate the increasing population. The council laid off a street through the centre of Aikett’s Yard, crossing Saint Mirin’s Burn, and through Calseyland, into Causeyside, leaving a very small space for building on the west side of the new street at Causeyside. The feuing of the steadings in the street for building was commenced in 1734. The street was called “NEW STREET;” and no wonder it was called by that name, for it was the first new street made in Paisley since the village was erected into a Burgh in 1488,-a period of 246 years,-and the street has continued the “New-street” to the present day, although upwards of fifty new streets have been opened since it was named. A part of Calseyland jutted westward, and a lateral street was carried through the centre, which was called “Shuttle-street,” after the chief instrument of a weaver, and at a time when almost all the inhabitants were weavers. source: Semple, David. Saint Mirin: An Historical Account of Old Houses, Old Families, and Olden Times, in Paisley. Paisley, UK: J. & J. Cook, 1872. | Alexander, Robert (I82)
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| 239 | Robert, eldest son of Claud Alexander, was born in 1747. He, in 1772, succeeded to Newtoun, which he afterwards sold; he died without issue. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Robert (I98)
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| 240 | Robert, third son of Robert Alexander of Blackhouse (by his second wife, Janet Henderson), married Janet, daughter of Alexander Smith of Reidstoun, by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Major Hugh Buntein of Kilbryde. By her he had two daughters, Janet, who married her relative, Robert Alexander of Blackhouse; and Margaret, who married Robert Alexander of Newtoun. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. | Alexander, Esquire Robert (I73)
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| 241 | STEWART - ALEXANDER. - On the 27th inst., at St. Paul’s, Knightsbridge, by the Rev. Canon Liddon, D.D., assisted by the Rev. Richard T. West, D.C.L., John Archibald Shaw Stewart, Esq., late bursar of Keble College, to Isabella Barbara, widow of John Hobhouse Inglis Alexander, R.N., C.B. source: Marriage news of John Archibald Shaw-Stewart and Isabella Barbara Hume. London, UK: The Morning Post, 29 Apr 1881, p. 8. | Shaw-Stewart, John Archibald Esq. (I180)
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| 242 | STEWART.- On the 24th inst., at 13, Queen’s-gate, Helenora Margaret Angela, wife of John Archibald Shaw Stewart, Esq., aged twenty-seven. source: Death notice of Helenora Margaret Angela Shaw-Stewart. London, UK: The Morning Post, 26 Jan 1865, p. 8. DEATH OF MRS J. A. SHAW STEWART.- We deeply regret to learn that the amiable and accomplished lady of John Archibald Shaw Stewart, Esq., died at their residence, Queensgate, Hyde Park, London, on Tuesday, after a long illness. She was a daughter of the late Boyd Alexander, Esq. of Southbar. Sir Michael and the Lady Octavia Shaw Stewart have left Estrich Hall, Yorkshire, the seat of Lord Wenlock, for the metropolis, in consequence of the painful bereavement. source: Obituary of Helenora Margaret Angela Shaw-Stewart. Greenock, UK: Greenock Advertiser, 26 Jan 1865, p. 2. At 13 Queen’s Gate, London, on the 24th instant, aged 27, Helenora Margaret Angela, wife of John Archibald Shaw Stewart, Esq., and daughter of the late Boyd Alexander, Esq. of Ballochmyle and South Barr. source: Obituary of Helenora Margaret Angela Shaw-Stewart. Glasgow, UK: The Glasgow Herald, 30 Jan 1865, p. 5. | Alexander, Helenora Margaret Angela (I179)
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| 243 | THE MARRIAGE OF MR CLAUD ALEXANDER AND LADY DIANA MONTGOMERIE.- The marriage will take place in London to-day of Mr Claud Alexander, younger, of Ballochmyle, only son of Major-General Sir Claud Alexander, Bart., to Lady Diana Montgomerie, fourth and y oungest daughter of Lord Eglinton. In honour of the occasion the tenantry on Ballochmyle estate have presented the young bride with a necklace of pearls and an illuminated address, and Sir Claud is to entertain the tenantry and a number of friends to dinner. The employés of the Ardrossan Harbour Company have presented Lady Diana with a handsome Algerian onyx and bronze gilt clock, with pair of candlesticks to match. source: Marriage news of Claud Alexander and Diana Montgomerie. Greenock, UK: Greenock Telegraph and Clyde Shipping Gazette, 14 Dec 1889. ALEXANDER-MONTGOMERIE-December 14, at Holy Trinity Church, Knightsbridge, London, by the Rev. E. Sheppard, Sub-Dean of the Chapel Royal, assisted by the Rev. E. G. Hall, Vicar of Holy Trinity, Claud Alexander, only son of Major-General Sir Claud Alexander, Bart., to Lady Diana Montgomerie, youngest daughter of the Earl of Eglinton and Winton. source: Marriage news of Claud Alexander and Diana Montgomerie. Belfast, UK: The Belfast Newsletter, 18 Dec 1889. SEQUEL TO AN AYRSHIRE DIVORCE CASE The London Times of yesterday contained the following marriage announcement: On the 28th inst., at Christ Church, Mayfair, by the Rev. Edgar Sheppard, Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal, Claud, only son of Major-General Sir Claud Alexander, Bart., to Rachel Belasyse, youngest daughter of the Rev. Henry Holden, D.D., rector of South Luffenham, Rutland.” Miss Holden, it will be remembered, was one of the witnesses in the successful divorce action raised by Mr Claud Alexander against his wife. The erring wife was married by the co-respondent shortly after the divorce. source: “SEQUEL TO AN AYRSHIRE DIVORCE CASE.” Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh Evening News, 30 Jan 1896. ALEXANDER-HOLDEN.-On the 28th ult., at Christ Church, Mayfair, by the Rev. Edgar Sheppard, Sub-Dean of the Chapels Royal, Claud, only son of Major-General Sir Claud Alexander, Bart., to Rachel Belasyse, youngest daughter of the Rev. Henry Holden, D.D., Rector of South Luffenham, Rutland. source: Marriage news of Claud Alexander and Rachel Belasyse. London, UK: The Guardian, 5 Feb 1896, p. 13. The death has occurred of Sir Claud Alexander of Ballochmyle, Bart., at his home, Fay Gate Wood, Sussex, aged 78. The heir to the Baronetcy is his grandson, Claud, who is 18. source: Obituary of Sir Claud Alexander. Dundee, UK: Dundee Evening Telegraph, 20 Mar 1945. DEATHS ALEXANDER.-On March 18, at Faygate Wood, Sussex, Sir Claud Alexander, Bart., aged 78. source: Death notice of Sir Claud Alexander. Worthing, UK: West Sussex Gazette, 22 Mar 1945. FAYGATE THE LATE SIR CLAUD ALEXANDER Sir Claud Alexander, Bt., died at Faygate Wood on Sunday. Born on February 24, 1867, only child of Major-General Sir Claud Alexander, first baronet of Ballochmyle, he was educated at Eton and at New College, Oxford. For a time he served as a subaltern in the 3rd Battalion, The Royal Scots Fusiliers, and in 1899 he succeeded his father as second baronet. In 1889 he married Lady Diana Montgomerie, fourth and youngest daughter of the fourteenth Earl of Eglinton. The marriage was dissolved in 1894. Secondly he married, in 1896, Rachel Belasye, youngest daughter of the late Rev. Dr. H. Holden. She died in February last year. By his first marriage Sir Claud Alexander had two sons, and by his second two sons and a daughter. The eldest son by his first marriage died in infancy, and the second son died in March, 1927. The heir to the baronetcy is the second son’s only son Claud, who was born less than three months before his father’s death. source: Obituary of Sir Claud Alexander. Worthing, UK: West Sussex Gazette, 22 Mar 1945. Late Sir Claud Alexander Sir Claud Alexander, Faygate, Sussex, whose death was reported this week, was a student of agricultural practice at Eaton in the days of the late Hon. Cecil Parker. Lord of the Eaton horses at that time was Bend Or, whose outline and whose prowess at the stud, as the founder of a line of racehorses, unmatched in the world, were two themes about which Sir Claud, in later life, talked and wrote upon with great enthusiasm. He had an intensive love of pedigree stock of all kinds and “saved” the Wild White Cattle of Britain from extinction by forming a breed society and a herdbook. These white cattle were Britain’s aboriginal breed. source: Obituary of Sir Claud Alexander. Chester, UK: Cheshire Observer, 24 Mar 1945. | Alexander, Sir Claud (I207)
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| 244 | Will of John Alexander Carolina fs: In ye Name of God Amen I John Alexander of ye Province of Caroline Merchant considering of ye certainty of death & ye uncertainty of ye time of my death do make this my last will & testament First I commend my Soul to ye mercy of God yt. gave it & my body I comitt to ye Earth to be buried in such place & with such charges as my Executrix & Executors shall think fitt & for ye worldly estate which God hath blessed me with I dispose of ye same in manner & form following vizt. Imps. I do give and bequeath to ye ministry of ye Church at Charles Town commonly called ye Presbyterian Church ye sume of fifty pounds to be delivered unto & left at ye discretion & management of John Jones Gunsmith & Robert Ffenwick Item. I give & bequeath unto Avis Adams living in Charles Town widdo. Ten pounds sterling Item. I give & bequeath unto ye rt. honorable Joseph Blake & George Logan Esqr my executors ten pounds each to buy themselves mourning. Item. I do give grant devise & bequeath to my beloved wife Ann Alexander one full moiety or half part of all & singular my real & personal estate whatsoever not already by this will bequeathed, to have & to hold ye sd. full moiety & half part of my sd. real & personal estate in whatsoever part of ye world ye same is or shall be unto my sd. wife Ann Alexander her heirs & assignes for ever. Item. I do give grant devise & bequeath to my beloved daughter Ann Alexander ye other full Moiety or half part of all & singular my real & personal estate whatsoever not already by this will bequeathed to have & to hold ye sd. other full moiety or half part of my sd. real & personal estate in whatsoever part of ye world ye same is or shall be, unto my sd. daughter Ann Alexander her heirs & assignes for ever. Item. my will is yt. in case my sd. daughter Ann should happen to dye before she come of age yn. I give grant devise & bequeath ye moiety or half part of my real & personal estate by this will bequeathed unto my sd. daughter Ann unto my beloved wife Ann Alexander. Item. Also my will is yt. in case my beloved wife Ann Alexander should happen to dye non yt. yn. I give grant devise & bequeath my whole estate both real & personal by this will bequeathed unto my sd. wife Ann Alexander & daughter Ann Alexander unto my loving Brother Robert Alexander his heirs & assigns forever. Lastly. I do make & ordain my sd. wife Ann & my friends ye rt. honorable Joseph Blake & George Logan Esqr to be Execturors of this my last will & testament requiring my sd. Executrix & Executors to see ye same performed, & I utterly revoke all former wills & testaments by me heretofore made & declared. in Witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seal this twentieth & sixt day of September in ye year of our Lord one thousand six hundred Ninety & Nine- John Alexander (Seal) Signed sealed & declared in the presence of us Abraham Eve John Cock Senior William Sadler John Cock Junior Memorand. That on ye fifteenth day of January 1699/1700 Personally appeared before me ye subscribing witnesses John Cock Senior, Abraham Eve & William Sadler & did on their oaths on ye holy Evangelists of Almighty God declare yt. they were present & did see ye within John Alexander sign seal & declare ye within to be his last will & testament & yt. at ye time of his so doing he was of perfect & sound memory & yt. John Cock Junr. was also present at ye time of his so doing. Capt et Jurat Die et Anno Predict coram me Joseph Blake source: Will of John Alexander, 6 Sep 1699, Charleston, South Carolina; Original Will Book 1687-1710, p. 21. Charleston, SC: Charleston County Clerk’s Office. On 24th September, 1669, Robert Alexander of Blackhouse, writer, Burgess of Paisley, conveyed to John Alexander, his youngest (4th) son, “All and Haill that his two tenements of land within the burgh of Paisley lying contigue and together of auld called Pasley Tacks and the ovenhouse nooke with houses biggings booths and pertinents thereof bounded betwixt the highway and the tenement of umqle William Urie now belonging to William Young on the south and west and the high-street on the north parts,” under reservation of his life-rent. Wodrow, in his “Church History” (Vol. iv., p. 10), mentions that a great number of persons had been banished to Carolina, and that a contract was entered into with a Walter Gibson, merchant, Glasgow, in 1684, to transport thirty-two of them to Carolina and sell them to the planters. Wodrow also says they were harshly treated, their food was of the worst description, and water was scantily given; that the ship’s crew were like to mutiny, and John Alexander died of thirst, as was thought. At that period, a number of gentlemen left the country from the persecutions of the Government of the day, for the settlement of Carolina. Whether the John Alexander of Wodrow was the son of Blackhouse, and was banished or a voluntary exile, there is no means of knowing; but John Alexander, youngest son of Blackhouse, actually became a merchant in Carolina. John Alexander returned to Scotland in 1697, and on 7th October of that year he executed his deed of settlement. He designed himself, “John Alexander, merchant in Carolina, youngest lawful son to the deceased Robert Alexander of Blackhouse, writer in Paisley;” and he conveyed the property to “Claud Alexander of Newton, his brother, second lawful son of the said Robert Alexander of Blackhouse, in liferent, and after his decease to Claud Alexander, his second son, in fee, reserving to the said Claud Alexander, senior, to alter the destination.” The deed was signed at Edinburgh, before “Mr. Robert Alexander, one of the Clerks of Council and Session, my brother German,” and three other witnesses. source: Semple, David. Saint Mirin: An Historical Account of Old Houses, Old Families, and Olden Times, in Paisley. Paisley, UK: J. & J. Cook, 1872. | Alexander, John (I140)
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| 245 | William Alexander, second son of John Alexander of Blackhouse and Boghall, succeeded to the paternal estates on the death of Robert, his elder brother. He became a banker in Edinburgh, and was elected Lord Provost of that city in 1752, and its parliamentary representative in 1754. source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. WILLIAM ALEXANDER, second son of John Alexander of Blackhouse and Boghall, was, on the 13th June 1733, admitted a burgess and guild brother of Edinburgh. He was elected Lord Provost of that city on the 3d October 1752, and was re-elected to the office on the 2d October 1753 (Burgess and Town Council Records of Edinburgh). In 1754 he was chosen one of the Parliamentary representatives of the city (Anderson’s History of Edinburgh, pp. 609, 610). According to the Rev. Dr Somerville, Lord Provost Alexander conducted business as a banker in Edinburgh. He often received a solitary letter by the London mail, a fact which Dr Somerville quotes in illustration of the limited business then conducted in the Scottish capital (Somerville’s Life and Times, 1741-1814). Lord Provost Alexander died in July 1763. He married Marione Louisa de la Croix, a member of a Huguenot family which fled from Rochelle on the revocation of the Edict of Nantes, by whom he had three sons, Robert, William, and Alexander John, and a daughter, Jean. Having died intestate, his testament-dative and inventory were made and given up by Robert and William Alexander, merchants in Edinburgh, his sons and executors. His substance was declared to consist of stock in the Royal Bank of Scotland, amounting to £6792 (Edin. Com. Reg., vol. cxx.). Inscribed in a mortuary enclosure attached to Roslin Chapel, presented to him by a member of the House of St. Clair, are these words: “In this ground are interred William Alexander, Provost and M.P. for Edinburgh, who died 1763; also his daughter Jean, and sons Robert and Alexander John Alexander. Repaired 1840.” source: Rogers, Charles. Memorials of the Earl of Stirling and of the House of Alexander, Volume 2. Edinburgh, UK: William Paterson, 1877. William, lord provost of Edinburgh - Edinburgh city 1754-61. Of Edinburgh, banker (2nd son of John Alexander of Blackhouse and Boghall, Ayrshire), admitted a burgess and guild brother of Edinburgh 13 Jun 1733; elected lord provost 1752, and in 1753; he died 25 July 1761, having married Marione Louisa de la Croix, of a Huguenot family; she died 1 January 1773, having had with other issue a son, William, who by his 1st wife (Christian, only dau. of John Aitchison of Rocksolach and Airdrie, co. Lanark) had with 2 daus. 2 sons, of whom the elder, Sir William, b. 18 May, 1755; Q.C. 1800, master in chancery, 1809-24; was appointed lord chief baron of the Exchequer 19 Jan. 1824 (and then knighted P.C.), resigned Jan. 1831, and died unm. 29 June, 1842 [bd. in the chapel of Roslin Castle. source: Foster, Joseph. Members of Parliament, Scotland, Including the Minor Barons, the Commissioners for the Shires, and the Commissioners for the Burghs, 1357-1882. London, UK: Hazell, Watson, and Viney, 1882. Saturday last died here, William Alexander, Esq; late Lord Provost, and Member of Parliament for this city. source: Death notice of William Alexander. Edinburgh, UK: The Caledonian Mercury, 27 Jul 1761, p. 3. Gravestone inscription: In THIS GROUND ARE INTERRED WILLIAM ALEXANDER PROVOST AND M.P FOR EDINBURGH WHO DIED 1763. ALSO HIS DAUGHTER JEAN AND SONS ROBERT AND ALEXANDER JOHN ALEXANDER REPAIRED 1840 | Alexander, William Esquire (I20)
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