Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet
Politician
1764 – 1820
Who was Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet?
Sir Alexander Allan, 1st Baronet was a British painter and politician.
He joined the East India Company as a cadet in 1779 and had been promoted to captain when he served in the Fourth Mysore War in 1798 as Deputy Quartermaster-General. He painted numerous water colours of the campaign.
On his return to England he was elected Member of Parliament for Berwick-upon-Tweed from 1803 to 1806 and 1807 to 1820. He was a director of the East India Company from 1814 to his death.
He was made a baronet on 18 September 1819, of Kingsgate, Kent. The title became extinct upon his death in 1820. He never married.
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