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. It was created on 11 December 1809 for William Alexander,

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. The second Baronet was a Director of the

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. The third Baronet was Attorney-General to

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, later Edward VII. The seventh Baronet assumed in 1931 by

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the additional surname of Cable. As of 31 December 2013 the present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant. This branch of the Irish Alexander family is descended from William Alexander, whose brother Nathaniel Alexander was the ancestor of the

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and the Earls Alexander of Tunis.

Alexander, later Cable-Alexander baronets, of the City of Dublin (1809)

* Sir William Alexander, 1st Baronet (1743–1809) * Sir Robert Alexander, 2nd Baronet (1769–1859) * Sir William John Alexander, 3rd Baronet (1797–1873) * Sir John Wallace Alexander, 4th Baronet (1800–1888) * Sir William Ferdinand Alexander, 5th Baronet (1845–1896) * Sir Lionel Cecil William Alexander, 6th Baronet (1885–1956) * Sir Desmond William Lionel Cable-Alexander, 7th Baronet (1919–1986) * Sir Patrick William Cable-Alexander, 8th Baronet (born 1936)) The

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is the present holder's son Fergus William Antony Cable-Alexander (born 1981).

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*Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cable-Alexander Baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom Alexander family (British aristocracy)

Alexander, later Cable-Alexander baronets, of the City of Dublin (1809)

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