Henry Alexander (Irish politician)

For other people named Henry Alexander, see Henry Alexander (disambiguation).

Henry Alexander (1763 – 6 May 1818)^[1] was an Irish politician from County Londonderry.

Alexander's gravestone, Groote Kerk, Cape Town

Alexander was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[2] who sat in the Parliament of Ireland until its abolition under the Act of Union 1800 and then in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. He was returned as a Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Old Sarum in the 1802 election.

He was the brother of James Alexander, who was also a Member of Parliament for Old Sarum, and who bought the patronage of the borough in 1820 from their cousin, The 2nd Earl of Caledon.^[3] He was also the brother of Josias du Pré Alexander.

References

1. Leigh Rayment's historical List of Members of the Irish House of Commons. Cites: Johnston-Liik, Edith Mary (2002). The History of the Irish Parliament 1692-1800 (6 volumes). Ulster Historical Foundation.
2. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p8: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
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. Retrieved 11 June 2014.

Parliament of Ireland
Preceded by Hon. John Ponsonby Sir William Morres, Bt	Member of Parliament for Newtownards 1788–1790 With: Sir William Morres, Bt	Succeeded by John La Touche Hon. Richard Annesley
Preceded by Richard Griffith Joseph Hoare	Member of Parliament for Askeaton 1790–1798 With: Joseph Hoare	Succeeded by John Stewart Joseph Hoare
Preceded by William Lecky Sir George Hill, Bt	Member of Parliament for Londonderry City 1798–1800 With: Sir George Hill, Bt Sir Andrew Ferguson, Bt	Succeeded by Parliament of the United Kingdom
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Parliament of Ireland	Member of Parliament for Londonderry City 1801–1802	Succeeded by Sir George Fitzgerald Hill, Bt
Preceded by George Hardinge John Horne Tooke	Member of Parliament for Old Sarum 1802–1806 With: Nicholas Vansittart	Succeeded by Nicholas Vansittart The Lord Blayney