Alexander Haldane Oswald
Alexander Haldane Oswald | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Ayrshire | |
| In office 8 August 1843 – 7 July 1852 | |
| Preceded by | Viscount Kelburn |
| Succeeded by | James Hunter Blair |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 December 1811 Govan, Scotland |
| Died | 6 September 1868 (aged 56) Auchincruive, Ayrshire, Scotland |
| Political party | Conservative |
| Parents |
|
Alexander Haldane Oswald (12 December 1811 – 6 September 1868) was a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He was the member of parliament (MP) for Ayrshire from 1843 to 1852.
Early life
[edit]Alexander Oswald was born in Govan, Scotland to Richard Alexander Oswald, merchant of Moore Park, Glasgow[1] and Elizabeth Anderson,[2] the eldest of five children. He represented the family of Haldane of that Ilk through Agnes Haldane (his paternal great-grandmother) who was the mother of Mrs. Alexander Oswald (Margaret Dundas) of Shield Hall. Having proved his representation and received Arms and Supporters accordingly, he adopted the middle name of Haldane.[1]
Career
[edit]Oswald was a Conservative candidate[3] and sworn as a member of parliament for Ayrshire on 8 August 1843.[4]
He remained as an M.P. until 7 July 1852.[5]
On 18 June 1845, he appeared at Marylebone Magistrates Court having allegedly assaulted a police officer while "much the worse for drink". He was found guilty and fined £3 which he immediately paid.[6]
He was re-elected, unopposed on 5 August 1847.[7]
His first recorded debate in the House of Commons was on 24 July 1846 (Ways and Means – Sugar Duties – Adjourned) and his final recorded debate was on 25 June 1852 (Corrupt Practices at Elections Bill).[8] During his time as an M.P. he had a total of 39 recorded contributions.[8]
Oswald died on 6 September 1868[9] at the family estate in Auchincruive, Ayrshire.
Family life
[edit]
On 15 August 1844 at St. Helen's, Isle of Wight, Hampshire, Oswald married Lady Louisa Elizabeth Frederica (daughter of the 1st Earl of Craven), widow of Sir Frederick George Johnstone, 7th Baronet,[11] (son of Sir John Lowther Johnstone, 6th Baronet),[12] and mother of Sir Frederick Johnstone, 8th Baronet and George Charles Keppel Johnstone.[12] Together Alexander and Louisa had two daughters and two sons. Their daughter Edith Mary married John Yorke, 7th Earl of Hardwicke.[13]
Oswald succeeded to the Oswald family estate in Auchincruive when his paternal uncle James Oswald died in 1853.[1][14] Before this, he had been living with his wife and young family in Eaton Place, London.[15] By 1861, he was widowed and living with his three teenage children in Green Street, Westminster.[16]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Smith, John Guthrie & Mitchell, John Oswald "The Old Country Houses of the Old Glasgow Gentry" (James MacLehose & Sons, Glasgow, 1878) [1] pp. passim
- ^ Birth Register at Scotlands People on-line database [2] (subscription required) accessed 26 November 2011
- ^ "The Times", Friday, 28 July 1843; pg. 4; Issue 18360; col E in online database [3](subscription required) accessed 26 November 2011
- ^ Hansard (1803-2005)
- ^ Hansard (1803-2005)
- ^ "The Times", Wednesday, 18 June 1845; pg. 8; Issue 18953; col E in on-line database [4] (subscription required) accessed 26 November 2011
- ^ "The Times" Saturday, 7 August 1847; pg. 3; Issue 19622; col A in on-line database [5](subscription required) accessed 26 November 2011
- ^ a b Hansard (1803-2005)
- ^ "England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1861-1941" Record for Alexander Haldane Oswald in Ancestry on-line database [6] (subscription required) accessed 27 November 2011
- ^ Smith, John Guthrie; et al. (1878). The old country houses of the old Glasgow gentry.
- ^ "England and Wales Marriages 1538-1940" in online database [7] (subscription required) accessed 26 November 2011
- ^ a b "Salisbury and Winchester Journal, 18 September 1820" in online database [8] (subscription required) accessed 1 June 2014
- ^ Walford's County Families of the United Kingdom. 1913. p. 538.
- ^ "Public Sculpture of Glasgow" McKenzie, Raymond & Nisbet, Gary (Liverpool University Press, 2002)[9]
- ^ 1851 Census in Ancestry on-line database [10] (subscription required) accessed 27 November 2011
- ^ 1861 Census in Ancestry on-line database [11](subscription required) accessed on 27 November 2011