# Claud Alexander

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{{Short description|Scottish politician}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| name                = Sir Claud Alexander
| image               = Sir_Claud_Alexander,_1st_Baronet_(cropped).jpg
| order               = 1st
| office              = Hagart-Alexander baronets{{!}}Baronet
| term_start          = 1886
| term_end            = 1899
| successor           = Sir Claud Alexander
| constituency_MP1    = [South Ayrshire](/source/South_Ayrshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
| parliament1         = British
| term_start1         = 1874
| term_end1           = 1885
| party               = [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK))
| alma_mater          = [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford)
| unit                = [Grenadier Guards](/source/Grenadier_Guards)
| battles             = [Crimean War](/source/Crimean_War)
| rank                = Major-general<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/44579|title=Boyd Alexander|publisher=Centre for the Study of the Legacies of British Slavery|accessdate=16 November 2023}}</ref>
| mawards             = {{ubl|[Crimean Medal](/source/Crimea_Medal) and Clasp|[Turkish War Medal](/source/Turkish_Crimea_Medal)|[Order of the Medjidie](/source/Order_of_the_Medjidie) 5th Class}}
| birth_date          = 15 January 1831
| death_date          = 23 May 1899
| spouse              = Eliza Speirs
| honorific_suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|sep=,|Bt}}
}}

'''Sir Claud Alexander, 1st Baronet''' (15 January 1831 – 23 May 1899) was a Scottish [Conservative Party](/source/Conservative_Party_(UK)) politician who sat in the [House of Commons](/source/House_of_Commons_of_the_United_Kingdom) from 1874 to 1885.

==Life==
Alexander was the eldest son of Boyd Alexander and his wife Sophia Elizabeth Hobhouse, daughter of Sir Benjamin Hobhouse. He was educated at [Eton College](/source/Eton_College) and [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford).<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=w_Q1AQAAMAAJ ''Members of Parliament''], page 10</ref> In 1849, he joined the [Grenadier Guards](/source/Grenadier_Guards). He served in the [Crimean War](/source/Crimean_War) including at the [Siege of Sevastapol](/source/Siege_of_Sevastopol_(1854%E2%80%931855)). He was awarded the [Crimean Medal](/source/Crimea_Medal) and Clasp, the [Turkish War Medal](/source/Turkish_Crimea_Medal) and the [Order of the Medjidie](/source/Order_of_the_Medjidie) 5th Class. He reached the rank of Colonel in 1870. He was a Justice of the Peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Ayrshire and Renfrewshire.<ref name=Debrett>[https://archive.org/stream/debrettshouseo1881londuoft#page/2/mode/2up Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881]</ref>

In 1868 Alexander stood unsuccessfully for parliament at [Ayrshire South](/source/Ayrshire_South_(UK_Parliament_constituency)). At the [1874 general election](/source/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election) he was elected [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for Ayrshire South. He passed the "Industrial Schools Acts Amendment Act" in 1880. He held the seat until 1885.<ref>{{Rayment-hc|a|3|date=March 2012}}</ref> He was created a [baronet](/source/Hagart-Alexander_baronets) in 1886.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=25551 |date=22 January 1886 |page=328}}</ref>

He was elected a [Fellow of the Zoological Society of London](/source/Fellow_of_the_Zoological_Society_of_London) (FZS) in 1903.<ref>{{Cite newspaper The Times |title=The Zoological Society|date=20 February 1903 |page=9 |issue=37009}}</ref>

Alexander lived at [Ballochmyle House](/source/Ballochmyle_Hospital), which he extended in 1886.<ref>[http://www.ayrshirescotland.com/mansions/ballochmyle.html Ayrshire Mansions]</ref> He died at the age of 68.

==Family==
Alexander married Eliza Speirs, daughter of [Alexander Speirs](/source/Alexander_Speirs) of Elderslie who was [Lord Lieutenant of Renfrewshire](/source/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Renfrewshire).<ref name=Debrett/>  He was succeeded as baronet by his son, also called Claud, who founded the [British Cat Club](/source/British_Cat_Club) in 1901.<ref>{{cite web|title=Short-Haired Cats|url=http://pawpeds.com/pawacademy/history/thebookofthecat/blueshorthairs1903/|access-date=25 October 2012|archive-date=21 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121021045723/http://pawpeds.com/pawacademy/history/thebookofthecat/blueshorthairs1903/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{hansard-contribs | mr-Claud-Alexander| Claud Alexander}}

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  | title  = [Member of Parliament](/source/Member_of_Parliament_(United_Kingdom)) for [South Ayrshire](/source/South_Ayrshire_(UK_Parliament_constituency))
  | years  = [1874](/source/1874_United_Kingdom_general_election)–[1885](/source/1885_United_Kingdom_general_election)
  | before = [Sir David Wedderburn, Bt](/source/Sir_David_Wedderburn%2C_3rd_Baronet)
  | after  = [Eugene Wason](/source/Eugene_Wason)
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