Alexander Wedderburn (other)
Alexander Wedderburn may refer to: * Sir Alexander Wedderburn (1610–1676), Scottish politician. *Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn (1733–1805), Scottish noble * Alexander Wedderburn (businessman) (1796–1843), Scottish-Canadian businessman *Zander Wedderburn Alexander Allan Innes "Zander" Wedderburn (9 May 1935 – 23 February 2017) was a British psychologist and Emeritus Professor of Psychology at the Heriot-Watt University. Early life In May 1935, Wedderburn was born in Edinburgh. Wedderbu ...

Sir Alexander Wedderburn
Sir Alexander Wedderburn (1610 – 18 November 1676) was a Scottish politician. Biography Wedderburn of Blackness, Dundee, Blackness, Forfarshire, eldest son of James Wedderburn, town clerk of Dundee, by Margaret, daughter of James Goldman, also a Dundee merchant, was born in 1610. Sir Peter Wedderburn was his younger brother. Alexander was educated for the law and passed advocate; but upon the death of his uncle Alexander of Kingennie, whose son was then a minor, he was in 1633 appointed town clerk of Dundee, and held the office till 1675. For his steadfast loyalty he obtained from Charles I in 1639 a tack of the customs of Dundee, and in 1640 a pension of 100l. per annum out of the customs. In September of the same year he was appointed one of the eight Scots commissioners to arrange the treaty of Ripon. In October following he had an exoneration and ratification from the king, and in 1642 a knighthood was conferred on him. He represented Dundee in the Scottish parliament, 1644â ...
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Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl Of Rosslyn
Alexander Wedderburn, 1st Earl of Rosslyn, PC, KC (3 February 1733 – 2 January 1805) was a Scottish lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1761 and 1780 when he was raised to the peerage as Baron Loughborough. He served as Lord High Chancellor of Great Britain from 1793 to 1801. Life Wedderburn was the eldest son of Peter Wedderburn, Lord Chesterhall (a lord of session), and was born in East Lothian. He received his basic education at Dalkeith and at the Royal High School, Edinburgh, and matriculated at the University of Edinburgh aged 14. Though he wanted to practise at the English bar, in deference to his father's wishes he qualified as an advocate at Edinburgh, in 1754. His father was called to the bench in 1755, and for the next three years Wedderburn stuck to his practice in Edinburgh, when he employed his oratorical powers in the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland, and passed his evenings in social and argumentative clubs. In 1755 t ...
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Alexander Wedderburn (businessman)
Alexander Wedderburn (1796-1843) was a Scottish-born Canadian businessman from Aberdeen Aberdeen (; sco, Aiberdeen ; gd, Obar Dheathain ; la, Aberdonia) is a city in North East Scotland, and is the third most populous city in the country. Aberdeen is one of Scotland's 32 local government council areas (as Aberdeen City), and .... References 1796 births 1843 deaths Businesspeople from Aberdeen Canadian people of Scottish descent Canadian businesspeople Scottish businesspeople 19th-century British businesspeople {{Canada-business-bio-stub ...
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