Alexander Learmonth (politician)

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

Alexander Learmonth

MP
Member of Parliament
for Colchester
In office
3 November 1870 – 31 March 1880
Serving with William Brewer (until 1874)
Herbert Mackworth-Praed (from 1874)
Preceded byJohn Gurdon Rebow
Succeeded byRichard Causton
William Willis
Personal details
Born1829
Edinburgh
Died10 March 1887
NationalityBritish
Political partyConservative
Spouse(s)
Charlotte Lyons
(
m. 1859)
ChildrenSeven

Life

He was born at 4 Princes Street in Edinburgh, the eldest son of John Learmonth.[2] He 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, who went on to have 7 children.

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]

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References
  1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 5)
  2. Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1829
  3. "36" . Page:Alumni Oxoniensis (1715-1886) volume 3.djvu – via Wikisource.
  4. https://www.theyworkforyou.com/mp/15910/alexander_learmonth/colchester
  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. Edinburgh: Mapping the City, Fleet & MacCannell
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
John Gurdon Rebow
William Brewer		 Member of Parliament for Colchester
1870–1880
With: William Brewer (until 1874)
Herbert Mackworth-Praed (from 1874)		 Succeeded by
Richard Causton
and William Willis


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