Claud Alexander of Ballochmyle, Lord of Ballochmyle

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Claud, second son [of Claud Alexander of Newtoun and his wife Joana Cuninghame of Craigends], born 1753, entered the Civil Service of the East India Company, and became paymaster-general of the Company's troops in Bengal. From the old family of Whitefoord he purchased the estate of Ballochmyle, Ayrshire, in 1783, and there established his seat. He married, in 1788, Helenora, daughter of Sir William Maxwell, Bart, of Springkell, by his wife, Margaret, daughter of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart, of Blackball and Ardgowan.

He was father of three sons and five daughters. Margaret Stewart, the eldest daughter, died in 1861; Catherine Maxwell, second daughter, died in 1834 ; Anna Joanna, third daughter, died in 1859; Helenora, fourth daughter, died young. Mary, the youngest daughter, married, in 1834, Joshua Stansfield Crompton of Azerley, Yorkshire ; she died in 1867, leaving issue.

Claud, eldest son of Claud Alexander of Ballochmyle, became an officer in the 1st regiment of Guards.

He succeeded to Ballochmyle in 1809, and married Elizabeth, daughter of Colonel Keatinge, by his wife, Lady Martha Brabazon, daughter of Anthony, eighth Earl of Meath. He died without issue in 1845, and was succeeded by his brother, William Maxwell Alexander of Southbar. This gentleman died unmarried in 1853, and was succeeded in his estates by his brother, Boyd Alexander.

Boyd Alexander of Ballochmyle and Southbar, born in 1796, married, in 1828, Sophia Elizabeth, daughter of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse, Bart, of Westbury, Wiltshire, and sister of John, Lord Broughton, G.C.B., by whom he had five sons and one daughter, Helenora Margaret Angela. She married, in 1857, John Archibald Shaw Stewart, second son of Sir Michael Shaw Stewart, Bart, of Ardgowan, and died in 1865, leaving issue. ...

Other References

• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 14
• "(85) Alexander (later Hagart-Alexander) of Ballochmyle, baronets", Landed families of Britain and Ireland Blog, Nick Kingsley