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'''James Alexander''' (1769 – 12 September 1848)<ref>{{rayment-hc|o|date=June 2014}}</ref> 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 from 1812 to 1832.<br />
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Born in [[County Londonderry]], Alexander joined the East India Company in 1784, and later became a partner in a merchant bank in [[Calcutta]]. His time in India gained him huge wealth.<ref name="histparl-james-alexander" /><br />
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He returned to the United Kingdom in 1818, and bought an estate in [[Hampshire]]. In 1820, he and his brother, [[Josias du Pré Alexander|Josias]], jointly purchased the [[rotten borough]] of [[Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)|Old Sarum]] from their cousin, [[Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon|the 2nd Earl of Caledon]], who had been arranging the return of James to Parliament since 1812, having previously arranged the return of another brother, [[Henry Alexander (Irish politician)|Henry Alexander]].<ref name="histparl-james-alexander" /><ref name="histparl-j-d-p-alexander" /><br />
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== References ==<br />
{{reflist<br />
| refs =<br />
<ref name="histparl-james-alexander">{{cite web<br />
| first = J. W.<br />
| last = Anderson<br />
| title = ALEXANDER, James (1769-1848), of Somerhill, Kent<br />
| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/alexander-james-1769-1848<br />
| work = The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1790-1820 <br />
| editor = R. Thorne<br />
| publisher = Boydell and Brewer<br />
| accessdate = 11 June 2014<br />
| year = 2009<br />
}}</ref><br />
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<ref name="histparl-j-d-p-alexander">{{cite web<br />
| first = Stephen<br />
| last = Farrell<br />
| title = ALEXANDER, Josias Du Pré (1771-1839), of Freemantle Park, Hants and 7 Grosvenor Square, Mdx<br />
| url = http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1820-1832/member/alexander-josias-du-pre-1771-1839<br />
| work = The History of Parliament: the House of Commons 1820-1832 <br />
| editor = D.R. Fisher<br />
| publisher = Cambridge University Press<br />
| accessdate = 11 June 2014<br />
| year = 2009<br />
}}</ref><br />
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}} <!-- end refs --><br />
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| before = [[Nicholas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley|Nicholas Vansittart]]<br />
| before2 = [[Josias du Pre Porcher]]<br />
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| title = [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Old Sarum (UK Parliament constituency)|Old Sarum]]<br />
| years = May 1812 – [[1832 United Kingdom general election|1832]]<br />
| with = [[Josias du Pre Porcher]] to 1818<br />
| with2 = [[Arthur Johnston Crawford]] from 1818–20<br />
| with3 = [[Josias du Pré Alexander]] 1820–28<br />
| with4 = [[Stratford Canning, 1st Viscount Stratford de Redcliffe|Stratford Canning]] 1828–30<br />
| with5 = [[Josias du Pré Alexander]] to 1830–32<br />
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