James Alexander (1769–1848)
James Alexander (1769 – 12 September 1848)[1] was an Irish-born officer of the British East India Company who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in two periods from 1812 to 1832.
Born in County Londonderry, Alexander joined the East India Company in 1784, and later became a partner in a merchant bank in Calcutta. His time in India gained him huge wealth.[2]
He returned to the United Kingdom in 1818, and bought an estate in Hampshire. In 1820 he and his brother Josias jointly purchased the rotten borough of Old Sarum from their cousin Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon, who had been returning James to Parliament since 1812, having previously returned another brother Henry Alexander.[2][3]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O" [self-published source][better source needed]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Member of Parliament for Old Sarum May 1812 – 1832 With: Josias du Pre Porcher to 1818 Arthur Johnston Crawford from 1818–20 Josias du Pré Alexander 1820–28 Stratford Canning 1828–30 Josias du Pré Alexander to 1830–32 |
constituency abolished |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
   |
This article about a Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom (since 1801), for an English constituency is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
<templatestyles src="Asbox/styles.css"></templatestyles>
 |
This United Kingdom business–related biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- Accuracy disputes from June 2014
- Articles lacking reliable references from June 2014
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with one unnamed parameter
- 1769 births
- 1848 deaths
- People from County Londonderry
- People associated with the British East India Company
- British bankers
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- UK MPs 1807–12
- UK MPs 1812–18
- UK MPs 1818–20
- UK MPs 1820–26
- UK MPs 1826–30
- UK MPs 1830–31
- UK MPs 1831–32
- UK MP for England stubs
- British business biography stubs
