604 Alexander Maitland

Constituency : Midlothian  1868-74

Alexander  unseated  the  Tory  Earl  of  Dalkeith  by  a  convincing  margin.

Alexander  was  a  baronet  educated  at  Edinburgh  Academy. He  became  a  lieutenant  in  the  79th  Highlanders. He  was a  wealthy  landowner.

Dalkeith  reclaimed  the  seat from  Alexander  in  1874.

He  died  in  1876  aged  56.