Alexander Lang Elder

Alexander Lang Elder (18 April 1815 – 5 September 1885) was a businessman and politician in colonial South Australia.^[1]

Elder was the second son of George Elder of Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland, by Joanna Haddo, his wife, daughter of Alexander Lang, of Leith, Scotland, and brother of Sir Thomas Elder, was born at Kirkcaldy, and emigrated to South Australia in 1839, where he founded the well-known mercantile firm of Elders Limited, later Elder, Smith & Co., of Adelaide.^[2] In 1853 he went to reside in England, and was head of the firm of A. L. Elder & Co., of London, until his death. Prior to his leaving South Australia, he was member for West Adelaide in the mixed South Australian Legislative Council inaugurated in 1851, but resigned his seat on 30 March 1853. He married a daughter of the late Rev. John Baptist Austin, of South Australia. He died in London on 5 September 1885.^[2]

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