Robert Alexander QC FRS FSA (18 January 1795 – 21 February 1843) was a British barrister. He was the son of the

Halifax, West Yorkshire Halifax is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Calderdale, in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. In the 15th century, the town became an economic hub of the old West Riding of Yorkshire, primarily in woo ...

solicitor Lewis Alexander and he studied law at

Lincoln's Inn The Honourable Society of Lincoln's Inn, commonly known as Lincoln's Inn, is one of the four Inns of Court (professional associations for Barrister, barristers and judges) in London. To be called to the bar in order to practise as a barrister ...

before he became a barrister. He was a founder of Halifax's Literary and Philosophical Society, and was made a fellow of the

Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...

in 1835. He in 1829 married Matilda Legard, who was the daughter of Sir Thomas Legard of the Royal Navy. Robert Alexander died in London in 1843 and was buried in the churchyard of St. Nicholas Church,

Ganton Ganton is a village and civil parish in North Yorkshire, England. It is situated on the south side of the Vale of Pickering immediately north of the Yorkshire Wolds. Ganton lies west of the coastal town of Filey, and south-west of Scarborou ...

, Yorkshire.

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1795 births 1843 deaths People from Halifax, West Yorkshire Members of Lincoln's Inn Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows_of_the_Society_of_Antiquaries_of_London {{UK-activist-stub