# Alexander Auldjo > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexander_Auldjo > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Alexander_Auldjo.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Auldjo > Source revision: 1335907165 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Canadian politician}} {{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox person | name = Alexander Auldjo | image = Alexander Auldjo.jpg | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1758|10|21|df=y}} | birth_place = [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen) | death_date = {{Death date and age|1821|05|21|1758|10|21|df=y}} | death_place = London | other_names = | known_for = | occupation = }} Lt.-Colonel The Hon. '''Alexander Auldjo''' (21 October 1758 – 21 May 1821) was a businessman and [political figure](/source/Politician) in [Lower Canada](/source/Lower_Canada). ==Life== He was born in [Aberdeen](/source/Aberdeen), Scotland in 1758, the son of a prominent merchant, John Auldjo (1710–1786), of [Portlethen](/source/Portlethen) Castle and Aberdeen.[http://www.old-portlethen.co.uk/17th%20to%2019th%20Century.htm Old Portlethen, 17th to 20th Centuries] He came to Montreal around 1778. He became involved in the [fur trade](/source/fur_trade) and, later, in the export of wheat and the importing of goods from England. Auldjo also owned property at Montreal and in [Upper Canada](/source/Upper_Canada). In 1796, he was elected to the [Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada](/source/Legislative_Assembly_of_Lower_Canada) for Montreal West. He was also named a [justice of the peace](/source/Justice_of_the_Peace) for Montreal district in 1796 and became a warden of [Trinity House](/source/Trinity_House) of Quebec in 1800. He served in the local militia and was promoted to [lieutenant-colonel](/source/Lieutenant_Colonel) during the [War of 1812](/source/War_of_1812). Auldjo was agent for the [Phoenix Assurance](/source/Phoenix_Assurance) Company of London in Upper and Lower Canada and later for the Pelican Life Assurance Company. He returned to England in 1813. In 1817, he became a shareholder in the [Bank of Montreal](/source/Bank_of_Montreal). His brother George was [Lord Provost of Aberdeen](/source/Lord_Provost_of_Aberdeen). ==Family== thumb|Eweretta Jane Richardson, before marriage to Alexander Auldjo In 1804, Auldjo married Eweretta Jane, daughter of Thomas Richardson, merchant in Portsoy, Banffshire and his second wife Helen Phyn, a sister of James Phyn. They were married at Portsoy on 21 January 1804, where Auldjo is designated a merchant in Canada. Eweretta Richardson was the half sister of [John Richardson](/source/John_Richardson_(businessman)). The Auldjos were the parents of [John Auldjo](/source/John_Auldjo) and Thomas Auldjo. The latter married a daughter of [William McGillivray](/source/William_McGillivray) and the former was a godson of [Simon McGillivray](/source/Simon_McGillivray). His nephew, George Auldjo, later became a Montreal merchant and a partner in the company formed by his uncle. Alexander Auldjo died at London, 1821. ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * {{Quebec MNA biography|auldjo-alexander-1793}} *{{Cite DCB|2737}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Auldjo, Alexander}} Category:1758 births Category:1821 deaths Category:Members of the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada Category:Scottish emigrants to pre-Confederation Quebec Category:Politicians from Aberdeen Category:Immigrants to the Province of Quebec (1763–1791) Category:Canadian justices of the peace --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Alexander Auldjo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Auldjo) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Auldjo?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.