About Alexander Craig Sellar
Lived 1835 – 1890 (aged 54). Alexander Craig Sellar was a British politician and lawyer.
Alexander Craig Sellar (17 October 1835 – 16 January 1890) was a Scottish lawyer and Liberal Party (later Liberal Unionist) politician.
Sellar was the son of Patrick Sellar of Westfield, Morayshire, a lawyer, factor and sheep farmer, and his wife Ann (née Craig). He was educated at Rugby School, and at Balliol College, Oxford where he was a favoured student of Benjamin Jowett. He became a Scottish Advocate in 1862 and was legal secretary to the Lord Advocate for Scotland from 1870 to 1874. In 1873 he published Manual of the Education Act for Scotland. He was a justice of the peace and deputy lieutenant for Argyllshire.
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Who was Alexander Craig Sellar?
Scottish lawyer and Liberal politician (1835–1890)
When was Alexander Craig Sellar born?
Alexander Craig Sellar was born on 17 October 1835.
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Alexander Craig Sellar died on 16 January 1890.
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Alexander Craig Sellar was a politician and lawyer.
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Alexander Craig Sellar was British.
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