Sir William Alexander, 3rd Baronet

Sir William John Alexander, 3rd Baronet QC (1 April 1797 – 31 March 1873)[1] was a British lawyer.

He was the elder son of Sir Robert Alexander, 2nd Baronet and his wife Elisa Wallis, daughter of John Wallis.[2] In 1859, he succeeded his father as baronet.[1] Alexander was educated at Trinity College Dublin[3] and then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts and later proceeded Master of Arts.[4]

Alexander was nominated a Queen's Counsel in 1844 and became a bencher of the Middle Temple in the same year.[5] He was called to the bar by Lincoln's Inn in 1825.[5] In 1863, he was appointed Attorney-General of the Duchy of Cornwall by Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, an office he held until his death in 1873.[6]

Alexander died unmarried and was succeeded in the baronetcy by his younger brother John.[1]

References

1. "Leigh Rayment - Baronetage". Archived from the original on 1 May 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
2. "ThePeerage - Sir William John Alexander, 3rd Bt". Retrieved 16 July 2009.
3. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593–1860 George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p9: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
4. "Alexander, William John (ALKR824WJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
5. Dod, Robert P. (1860). The Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. London: Whitaker and Co. pp. 87–88.
6. "No. 22702". The London Gazette. 27 January 1863. p. 446.

Legal offices
Preceded by Sir Edward Smirke	Attorney-General of the Duchy of Cornwall 1863–1873	Succeeded by George Loch
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Robert Alexander	Baronet (of Dublin) 1859–1873	Succeeded by John Wallis Alexander