About Alexander Garden
Lived 1714 – 1785 (aged 70–71). Alexander Garden was a politician.
Alexander Garden of Troup (1714 – 21 December 1785) was a Scottish politician.
He was the eldest son of Alexander Garden of Troup, Banffshire, advocate, by Jean, the daughter of Sir Francis Grant, 1st Baronet of Cullen, Banff and educated in Edinburgh and at King's College, Aberdeen. His younger brother was Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone.
He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Aberdeenshire from 1768 to 1785. He was a noted Scottish independent.
He died unmarried at his home, Troup House, in 1785.
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Who was Alexander Garden?
British politician; (1714-1785)
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Alexander Garden was born in 1714.
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Alexander Garden died on 21 December 1785.
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Alexander Garden was a politician.
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