Nathaniel Alexander

Nathaniel Alexander (1760 – 21 October 1840), was an Anglican bishop in Ireland during the first half of the 19th century.

He was born in 1760 and educated at Harrow and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was appointed Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduagh in 1802 and translated to Killaloe in 1804. Only six months later he became Bishop of Down and Connor. He was translated for a third time to Meath in 1823. A nephew of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon; father of Robert Alexander, Archdeacon of Down from 1814 to 1828; and uncle of William Alexander, Archbishop of Armagh from 1896 to 1911, he died in post on 21 October 1840.