Josias du Pré Alexander
Josias Du Pré Alexander (1771 – 20 Aug 1839)[1] was an Irish-born officer of the British East India Company who sat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom in two periods between 1820 and 1832.
Born in County Londonderry, Alexander joined the East India Company in 1796, and later became a private merchant in Calcutta. His time in India gained him huge wealth.[2]
He returned to the United Kingdom in 1818, and bought an estate in Hampshire. In 1820 he and his brother James jointly purchased the rotten borough of Old Sarum from their cousin Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon, and returned himself to Parliament that year. With support of the Chancellor Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, he was elected as a director of East India Company, a post he held until 1838.[2]
References
- ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "O"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Farrell, Stephen (2009). D.R. Fisher, ed. "ALEXANDER, Josias Du Pré (1771-1839), of Freemantle Park, Hants and 7 Grosvenor Square, Mdx". The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832. Cambridge University Press. Retrieved 11 June 2014.
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by James Alexander Arthur Johnston Crawford |
Member of Parliament for Old Sarum 1820 – 1828 With: James Alexander |
Succeeded by James Alexander Stratford Canning |
| Preceded by James Alexander Stratford Canning |
Member of Parliament for Old Sarum 1830 – 1832 With: James Alexander |
constituency abolished |