James Du Pre Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon (27 July 1812 – 30 June 1855), styled Viscount Alexander from birth until 1839, was a soldier and politician. Born into an Ulster-Scots aristocratic family in London, he was the son of The 2nd Earl of Caledon and Lady Catherine Yorke. He was educated from 1824 to 1828 at

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and then at Christ Church, Oxford. He was appointed

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in 1836 and was

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for Tyrone between 1837 and 1839. He succeeded to the title of Earl of Caledon on the death of his father on 8 April 1839. He was then elected to the

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as a Representative Peer for Ireland in 1841. He gained the rank of captain in the

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and was

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of the Royal Tyrone Militia from 1 May 1839 (in succession to his father) until his death.Arthur Sleigh, ''The Royal Militia and Yeomanry Cavalry Army List'', April 1850, London: British Army Despatch Press, 1850/Uckfield: Naval and Military Press, 1991, ISBN 978-1-84342-410-9, p. 117. He married Lady Jane Frederica Harriot Mary Grimston, daughter of

James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam (26 September 1775 – 17 November 1845), styled Lord Dunboyne from 1775 until 1808 and known as the 4th Viscount Grimston from 1808 to 1815, was a British peer and politician. Life and career He was t ...

and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson, on 4 September 1845 at St. Michael's,

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, Hertfordshire, and had the following children: *

James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon, (11 July 1846 – 27 April 1898), styled Viscount Alexander from birth until 1855, was a soldier and politician. He was the eldest son of James Du Pre Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon and his wife, Lady Jane ...

(11 July 1846 - 27 April 1898) *Hon. Walter Philip Alexander (9 February 1849 - 30 October 1934), a lieutenant colonel in the 2nd Dragoons ( Royal Scots Greys) who served in the

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from 1899 to 1900 and married Margaret Katherine Grimston (who died 12 September 1929), daughter of Rev. the Hon. Francis Grimston, son of

, and had issue. *Lady Jane Charlotte Elizabeth Alexander (1 May 1850 - 23 June 1941), who married Captain Edmund Barker Van Koughnet CMG RN JP (who died 27 March 1905), son of the Honourable

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QC, former Chancellor of

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, and died without issue. *Hon. Charles Alexander (26 January 1854 - 27 October 1909), a major in the 3rd Battalion,

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who in 1880 married Kate Stayner, daughter of Charles Stayner, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and had issue. Lord Caledon died at the age of 42 at his house in

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, London, on 30 June 1855 and was buried at Caledon in

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, Ireland. Lady Caledon died on 30 March 1888.

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