Alexander_Learmonth_(MP)

Alexander Learmonth (politician)

Alexander Learmonth (politician)

British army officer and Conservative Party politician

Lt. Col. Alexander Learmonth (1829 - 10 March 1887)[1] was a British Army officer and a Conservative Party politician.

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Life

Born at 4 Princes Street in Edinburgh, the eldest son of John Learmonth,[2] Alexander Learmonth was educated at University College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1847 before entering the Inner Temple to study law. He joined the Army and became a Colonel in the 17th Lancers.[3]

On retiring from the Army he was elected Conservative MP for Colchester on 3 November 1877,[4] sitting from 1870 to 1880.[5]

In 1859, he married Charlotte Lyons, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General Humphrey Lyons. The couple had 7 children.[citation needed]

By 1878, his extravagant London lifestyle caused his bankruptcy and the lands he had inherited in Edinburgh from his father were sold to the builder James Steel.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
  2. [2]
    Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1829
  3. [3]
    "36" . Page:Alumni Oxoniensis (1715-1886) volume 3.djvu – via Wikisource.
  4. [4]
    "Mr Alexander Learmonth, former MP, Colchester".
  5. [5]
    Craig, F. W. S., ed. (1977). British Parliamentary Election Results 1832-1885 (e-book) (1st ed.). London: Macmillan Press. ISBN 978-1-349-02349-3.
  6. [6]
    Edinburgh: Mapping the City, Fleet & MacCannell.
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