Alexander Elder

Alexander Lang Elder (18 April 1815 – 5 September 1885) was a Scottish-Australian businessman and politician in colonial South Australia.

Biography Elder was the second son of George Elder of Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, by Joanna Haddo, his wife, daughter of Alexander Lang, of Leith, born at Kirkcaldy. He was the brother of pastoralist and businessman Thomas Elder. He emigrated on his father's schooner Minerva

He founded the well-known mercantile firm of Elders Limited, later Elder, Smith & Co., of Adelaide. He was a partner with Frederick Dutton in a pastoral lease at Mount Remarkable in 1846.

He married Mary Eliza Austin, a daughter of Rev. John Baptist Austin of South Australia, on 8 April 1847. leaving for England, where he headed of the firm of A. L. Elder & Co., of London, until his death in London on 5 September 1885.

Legacy The Elder Range, adjacent to Wilpena Pound, and its highest point, Mt Aleck, are named after Alexander Elder.