Lt. Col. Alexander Learmonth (1829 - 10 March 1887) was a British Army officer and a

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politician.

Life

Born at 4 Princes Street in Edinburgh, the eldest son of John Learmonth, Alexander Learmonth was educated at

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, where he matriculated in 1847 before entering the

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to study law. He joined the Army and became a Colonel in the 17th Lancers. On retiring from the Army he was elected Conservative MP for

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on 3 November 1877, sitting from 1870 to 1880. In 1859, he married Charlotte Lyons, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General Humphrey Lyons. The couple had 7 children. By 1878, his extravagant London lifestyle caused his bankruptcy and the lands he had inherited in

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from his father were sold to the builder James Steel.''Edinburgh: Mapping the City'', Fleet & MacCannell.

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* Alumni of University College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple 17th Lancers officers Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1868–1874 UK MPs 1874–1880 1829 births 1887 deaths Military personnel from Edinburgh Politicians from Edinburgh {{England-Conservative-UK-MP-1820s-stub