About Henry Alexander
Lived 1763 – 1818 (aged 54–55). Henry Alexander was a British politician.
Henry Alexander (1763 – 6 May 1818) was an Irish politician from County Londonderry.
Alexander was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and 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.
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Who was Henry Alexander?
Irish politician
When was Henry Alexander born?
Henry Alexander was born in 1763.
When did Henry Alexander die?
Henry Alexander died on 6 May 1818.
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Henry Alexander was a politician.
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Henry Alexander was British.
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· DBpedia: Henry Alexander (Irish politician)
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