Alexander Allardyce | |
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Born |
c. 1743
Aberdeen, Scotland |
Died | 1 November 1801 United Kingdom | (aged 58)
Occupation(s) | Politician, slave trader |
Alexander Allardyce ( c. 1743 – 1 November 1801) was a Scottish politician and slave trader who sat in the Parliament of Great Britain and later the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the Aberdeen Burghs from 18 May 1792 to 1 November 1801. [1] He came from an old Kincardineshire family. [1]
Alexander Allardyce was born in Aberdeen c. 1743. [2] As a young man, he traveled to the British colony of Jamaica and worked as a slave trader, as well as fathering an illegitimate daughter with Elizabeth Delpratt of Kingston. [3] After his return to Scotland in 1780 he purchased an estate in Kincardineshire. [1] His second daughter Eleanor Allardyce would go onto marry Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis. [4] [5]
Allardyce first entered Parliament in 1792 with the backing of Henry Dundas, after the death of the Aberdeen sitting member. [1] He would retain the seat unchallenged in 1796. [1]
He spoke in favor of the Aberdeen Police Bill of 28 April 1794, [1] and protested strongly against provisions of a Post Office Duty Bill on 21 February and 4 March 1801. [1]
Allardyce died in office on 1 November 1801. [1] He was buried at St Nicholas Kirkyard, in Aberdeen. [6] [7]
Alexander Allardyce | |
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Born |
c. 1743
Aberdeen, Scotland |
Died | 1 November 1801 United Kingdom | (aged 58)
Occupation(s) | Politician, slave trader |
Alexander Allardyce ( c. 1743 – 1 November 1801) was a Scottish politician and slave trader who sat in the Parliament of Great Britain and later the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the Aberdeen Burghs from 18 May 1792 to 1 November 1801. [1] He came from an old Kincardineshire family. [1]
Alexander Allardyce was born in Aberdeen c. 1743. [2] As a young man, he traveled to the British colony of Jamaica and worked as a slave trader, as well as fathering an illegitimate daughter with Elizabeth Delpratt of Kingston. [3] After his return to Scotland in 1780 he purchased an estate in Kincardineshire. [1] His second daughter Eleanor Allardyce would go onto marry Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis. [4] [5]
Allardyce first entered Parliament in 1792 with the backing of Henry Dundas, after the death of the Aberdeen sitting member. [1] He would retain the seat unchallenged in 1796. [1]
He spoke in favor of the Aberdeen Police Bill of 28 April 1794, [1] and protested strongly against provisions of a Post Office Duty Bill on 21 February and 4 March 1801. [1]
Allardyce died in office on 1 November 1801. [1] He was buried at St Nicholas Kirkyard, in Aberdeen. [6] [7]