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Alison Baronets
There has been one Alison Baronetcy. Alison of Possil House, Devon * Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet (1792–1867) * Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet General (United Kingdom), General Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet (21 January 1826 – 5 February 1907) was a Scottish soldier who achieved high office in the British Army in the 1880s. He was a descendant of the Alison family presented by Fr ... (1826–1907) *Sir Archibald Alison, 3rd Baronet (1862–1921) *Sir Archibald Alison, 4th Baronet (1888–1967) *Sir Frederick Black Alison, 5th Baronet (1893–1970) Sources * Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom {{UK-baronet-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet
Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, (29 December 179223 May 1867) was an England-born Scottish advocate (attorney) and historian. He held several prominent legal appointments. He was the younger son of the Episcopalian cleric and author Archibald Alison. His elder brother was the physician and social reformer William Alison. Background He was born at the parsonage at Kenley, Shropshire, to the Rev. Archibald Alison and his wife Dorothea Gregory, daughter of John Gregory, and granddaughter of James Forbes, 17th Lord Forbes. In 1800 his parents moved the family back to Edinburgh, as his father thought that he could give his sons a better education and more independent careers in Scotland. After studying under a private tutor, and at the University of Edinburgh, he was, in 1814, admitted to the Faculty of Advocates, at which he ultimately attained some distinction, becoming in 1834 Sheriff of Lanarkshire. In 1853, he received an Honorary Doctorate of Civil Law by the Universit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet
General (United Kingdom), General Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet (21 January 1826 – 5 February 1907) was a Scottish soldier who achieved high office in the British Army in the 1880s. He was a descendant of the Alison family presented by Francis Galton in ''Hereditary Genius'' (1869) as an example of genius inherited over several generations. Military career Born on 21 January 1826, in Edinburgh, the son of Sir Archibald Alison, 1st Baronet, Archibald Alison, the advocate and historian, and educated at Glasgow University, and Edinburgh University, Alison was Commissioned officer, commissioned into the 72nd Regiment of Foot in 1846. He went on to serve at the Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855), Siege of Sevastopol during the Crimean War in 1855. He served as Military Secretary to Sir Colin Campbell, 1st Baron Clyde, Colin Campbell during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Indian Mutiny in 1857, losing an arm at the relief of Lucknow, and was appointed a Companion of the Order of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
