Alexander Lockhart

Alexander Lockhart (sometimes Alexander Macdonald Lockhart, July 1806-27 October 1861) was a British Conservative politician and landowner.[1]

Alexander Lockhart
Member of Parliament
for Lanarkshire
In office
24 July 1837 – 23 June 1841
Preceded byJohn Maxwell
Succeeded byWilliam Lockhart
Personal details
Born1806
Died(1861-10-27)27 October 1861
Galgorm Castle, Galgorm, County Antrim, Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative

Lockhart was born in July 1806, the third son of Sir Alexander Lockhart, 1st Baronet (died 1816),[2] himself Member of Parliament (MP) for Berwick-upon-Tweed and a member of the extended Lockharts of Lee family.

Lockhart was elected Conservative MP for Lanarkshire at the 1837 general election on 24 July 1837 and held the seat until the dissolution of the 13th United Kingdom parliament on 23 June 1841.[1]

He also served as a magistrate.[3]

He had four siblings; two sisters and two older brothers, the latter being Sir Charles Lockhart, second baronet (1799–1832) and Sir Norman Lockhart, third baronet (1802–1849). The fourth baronet, Sir Norman Macdonald Lockhart (1845–1870), was his nephew.[lower-alpha 1][4]

He died on 27 October 1861,[2] after a few days illness, while visiting John Young at Galgorm Castle, County Antrim.[5]

He was a friend of and advisor to the painter Joseph Severn, his wife Elizabeth and their family.[6]

Notes
  1. See: Lockhart baronets#Lockhart baronets, of Lee (1806)

References
  1. "Alexander Lockhart". History of Parliament Online. Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. Foster, Joseph (1881). "Lockhart - Lineage". The baronetage and knightage. p. 391.
  3. "Spirit Licences (Scotland). (Hansard, 4 February 1840)". Hansard. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  4. "Lockhart". Electric Scotland. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
  5. "Deaths". The Spectator. Vol. 34 no. 1741. 9 November 1861. p. 1221.
  6. Scott, Grant F. (2005). "Sacred Relics: A Discovery of New Severn Letters". European Romantic Review. 16 (3): 283–295. doi:10.1080/10509580500210303. S2CID 170095102.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Maxwell		 Member of Parliament for Lanarkshire
1841–1841		 Succeeded by
William Lockhart


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