Alexander Garden of Troup (1714 – 21 December 1785) was a Scottish politician. He was the eldest son of Alexander Garden of Troup, Banffshire, advocate, by Jean, the daughter of

Sir Francis Grant, 1st Baronet Sir Francis Grant, Lord Cullen (between 1658 and 1663 – 1726) was a Scottish judge. Biography Francis Grant was the elder son of Archibald Grant of Ballintomb, Morayshire, a descendant of James Grant, 3rd Laird of Freuchie, by his wife ...

of Cullen, Banff and educated in Edinburgh and at

King's College, Aberdeen King's College in Old Aberdeen, Scotland, the full title of which is The University and King's College of Aberdeen (''Collegium Regium Abredonense''), is a formerly independent university founded in 1495 and now an integral part of the Universi ...

. His younger brother was

Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone Francis Garden, Lord Gardenstone of Troup FRSE FSA (24 June 1721 – 22 July 1793) was a Scottish lawyer and judge. He was joint Solicitor General for Scotland from 1760 to 1764, when he became a Senator of the College of Justice. Early l ...

. He was the

Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ...

(MP) for

Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire ( sco, Aiberdeenshire; gd, Siorrachd Obar Dheathain) is one of the 32 Subdivisions of Scotland#council areas of Scotland, council areas of Scotland. It takes its name from the County of Aberdeen which has substantially differe ...

from 1768 to 1785. He was a noted Scottish independent.Stanley T. Bindoff, John S. Roskell, Lewis Namier, Romney Sedgwick, David Hayton, Eveline Cruickshanks, R. G. Thorne, P. W. Hasler, ''The House of Commons: 1509–1558 ; 3, Members N–Z'', Volume 4 (1982), p. 172. He died unmarried at his home, Troup House, in 1785.

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