General Sir James Edward Alexander of Westerton

Biographical Summary

ALEXANDER OF WESTERTON, SIR JAMES EDWARD. 16/10/1803-02/04/1885. Ref: 27. Male.

• Titles and British Honours: General, Knight, CB (1873).
• Place of Birth: Stirling.
• Place of Death: Ryde, Isle of Wight.
• Place of interment: Old Logie Churchyard, Bridge of Allan,Stirling.
• Profession: Soldier and Explorer.
• Appointments Held: Military Service in India, Persia, Russia, American Continent, Africa, New Zealand, Major-General 1868, Lt-General 1877, General 1881.
• Marital Status: Married (1837) Eveline Marie Mitchell.
• Mother: Catherine Glas.
• Father: Edward Alexander of Powis, Clackmannanshire.
• References: DNB Supplement 1, 1901, 31-2; Proc Roy Soc Edinb,14,1886-7, (170-4).
• Memberships: FRGS (Founder Member), Highland Society (1831).
• Date of Election: 02/01/1866.
• Proposers: Robert Mackay Smith (Billet 2/1/1866).
• Notes: Promoted the erection of Cleopatra's Needle on the Thames Embankment.
• Fellow Type: OF.

SOURCE: Waterston, Charles D; Macmillan Shearer, A (July 2006). Biographical index of former fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783-2002: Biographical Index. I. Edinburgh: The Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 978-0-902198-84-5. page 12
== Other References ==

• Wikipedia contributors. "James Edward Alexander." Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.
• Burke, Bernard, Sir. A genealogical and heraldic history of the landed gentry of Great Britain & Ireland 6th ed. London : Harrison 1879. Vol I. page 15
• "(82) Alexander of Powis House and Westerton House", Landed families of Britain and Ireland Blog, Nick Kingsley