Robert Alexander (philanthropist)

Robert Alexander QC FRS, FSA (18 January 1795 – 21 February 1843) was a British judge and philanthropist from Halifax, West Yorkshire.[1]

For other people named Robert Alexander, see Robert Alexander (disambiguation).

He was the son of Halifax solicitor Lewis Alexander and studied law at Lincoln's Inn. He became a barrister-at-law.

He was a founding member of the Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society, and was made a fellow of the Royal Society in 1835.[2]

He died in London in 1843 and was buried at St Nicholas churchyard, Ganton, Yorkshire. He had married in 1829 Matilda Legard, daughter of Sir Thomas Legard, RN of Ganton.[3]

References
  1. "Robert Alexander (Halifax) at DuckDuckGo".
  2. "Fellows Details". Royal Society. Retrieved 11 July 2019.
  3. Burke, John Bernard. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. p. 600.


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