Alexander McNeill (New Zealand politician)

This article is about the New Zealand politician. For the Canadian politician, see Alexander McNeill. For other uses, see Alex Neil (disambiguation).

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Alexander McNeill

Parliament of New Zealand
Years	Term	Electorate		Party
1866–1869	4th	Wallace		Independent

Alexander McNeill (1833 – 17 May 1915) was a 19th-century member of parliament from Southland, New Zealand.

He was the son of Anne Elizabeth McNeill née Carstairs, and Alexander McNeill (1791–1850), brother of Duncan McNeill, Lord Colonsay (1793–1874) and of Sir John McNeill (1795–1883). His own brother was Major General Sir John McNeill VC, (1831–1904).

As a member of the Royal Engineers, McNeill participated in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 for the entire conflict. He was wounded in the Siege of Delhi. At Calcutta, he married the daughter of Captain Henry Forrester Leighton; she was also the niece of Sir Archibald Wilson, the commander-in-chief at Delhi.

He retired from the Royal Engineers and came to New Zealand, where he and his brother, Sir Malcolm McNeill, bought the Ardlussa Station in Southland.

He represented the Wallace electorate from 1866 to 1869, when he resigned.

From the mid-1880s, he lived in Wanganui, where he died on 17 May 1915. He was buried at Wanganui Cemetery.

References

New Zealand Parliament
Preceded by Dillon Bell Walter Mantell	Member of Parliament for Wallace 1866–1869	Succeeded by Cuthbert Cowan