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He was
a solicitor /
partner in Craven, Rankin & Alexander /
registrar of the West Riding County Court /
District Registrar of H.M. Court of Justice /
Registrar of the County Court of Yorkshire holden at Halifax [1891].
He never married.
He was buried at Holy Trinity Church, Halifax.
He is mentioned in the List of Local Wills: 1895.
See
Raywood Micklethwaite Stansfeld
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley & Jeffrey Knowles
He was
On the death of Dr Richard Richardson, he took over as
honorary physician to the Dispensary and the West Riding Lunatic
Asylum in Wakefield [?].
He succeeded doctor and phrenologist Sir William Ellis as
Superintendent of the West Riding Lunatic Asylum in Wakefield
[1831-1836].
On 8th August 1796, he married (1) Agnes, daughter of Edward Haigh.
Children:
On 18th July 1811, he married (2) Mary, daughter of William Edwards.
He wrote several works, including
They lived at Lupset Cottage, Wakefield
This & associated entries use material contributed by Carole Edwards Caruso
Born in Halifax.
He was
a Clerk in Holy Orders of Monk Hessildon, Durham [1849] /
Curate of Hesildon [1851] /
Vicar of Ganton [1861].
In 1849, he married Juana Maria Barrow [1828-1866]
at St James's Church, Paddington, London.
Children:
They lived at
Juana died in Scarborough in 1866 (aged 37).
Disney Legard died in Scarborough [25th February 1868].
Probate records show that he left effects valued at under £3,000.
His will was proved by
John James Barrow, Esquire of Ringwood Hall near Chesterfield,
Derby,
and John Latimer, solicitor of Leeds
This & associated entries use material contributed by Roger Beasley
Son of Harriet & Andrew Alexander [1832-1914].
Born in Hipperholme [July 1864].
His family lived at Binns Top, Southowram [1871].
In 1872, the family emigrated to Ontario, Canada, and settled in
Hamilton.
He moved to New York City, where he became a secretary in
the Singer Manufacturing Company, the sewing machine producer
[1891].
He rose to become
a member of the Board,
vice-president,
and
president.
During World War I, the Singer factory in Britain produced
munitions and in 1921, in recognition of the co-operation between the
Company and the British government, he was created a baronet
by George V for services to the welfare of industrial workers.
He died May 1949 (aged 85).
He was buried in the family vault at Hamilton, Ontario
Of Dannetts Hall, Leicestershire.
On 15th January 1793, he married Ellen Waterhouse.
They had no children
Recorded as
On 14th August 1820, he married Harriet Legard [1801-1851].
Children:
They lived at
One of Anne Lister's acquaintances.
In her journals [27th May 1821], Anne wrote of her fancies for the
girl.
She married John Clarke Prescott
Third son of Dr Robert Alexander.
Halifax doctor.
He lived at
Grove House, Halifax.
In 1802, he was a Captain of the Halifax Volunteer Corps of Infantry.
He published a Translation of the Odes of Horace into English
Verse.
On 26th August 1800, he married Helen Hudson.
Children:
Around 1810, he rented Holly House, Halifax
Eldest son of Gervase Alexander.
On 16th October 1838, he married Eliza Kirby from Sheffield.
He died at his home in the Haymarket, London
Elder son of Dr Reginald Gervase Alexander.
Educated at Cambridge and St Thomas's Hospital.
In 1916, he became
Gervase Disney Alexander de Cobham, Chevalier,
12th Baron Cobham.
He was unmarried
Born in Basingstoke, Hampshire.
He was
a mechanic of Delf Lane [1850] /
a spindle maker [1851] /
a photographic artist [1859] /
a photographer [1871] /
a photographic artist [1881] /
a retired artist [1891] /
a photographer at 8 Horton Street, Halifax.
In August 1868, an advertisement stated that he has discovered a
process of enamelling Cartes de Visite.
In 1850, he married (1) Mary Appleyard [1825-1858]
at St Mark's Church, Woodhouse, Leeds.
Child:
Sarah A. [b 1852]
Mary died in Halifax in 1858.
On 24th June 1859, he married (2) Mary Ann Riley [1833-1887]
at Lister Lane Chapel, Halifax.
Mary Ann died in Halifax in 1887 (aged 54).
In 1888, he married (3) Elizabeth Ashworth [1841-1???] in Halifax.
They lived at
Living with them [in 1851] were
mother-in-law Sarah Appleyard [b Holbeck 1785]
& brother-in-law William Appleyard [b 1830] (stuff dyer).
Living with them [in 1871, 1881] was nephew Albert Luther Riley.
Jeremiah died in Halifax in 1892 (aged 68)
This & associated entries use material contributed by Alan Longbottom
He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Bramley.
He died 24th August 1801.
An announcement of his death described him as
Question:
Was he the man who built the Dusty Miller, Mytholmroyd
Practised as a doctor in Halifax.
In 1762, he married Frances Hamer.
Children:
He died 24th August 1801.
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church
Served in the Royal Navy.
He was decorated for gallantry and wounds received off Toulouse.
He married Anna Maria Price [1787-1858]
He died unmarried
He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835].
On 2 September 1793, he married (1) Elizabeth Nelson, at Birstall.
Children:
In 1834, he married (2) Jane Moody.
They lived at Hopwood Hall [1837].
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church
Born 11th January 1882.
In the 1939 Register, she is recorded as Isabel and her DOB as
11th January 1892.
She married (1) John Leslie Morton Shaw.
They lived at The Red House, Exeter.
Her husband died in 1925.
In [Q2] 1937, she married (1) John Bazley White
They lived in The Hill House, Sevenoaks, Kent [1939].
In 1945, she was a beneficiary of the will of Arthur Selby McCrea
This & associated entries use material contributed by Andrew Ransom
Served in the Royal Navy.
He died at Cheltenham
Son of Dr William Alexander.
He was
educated at Cambridge University and at Edinburgh University,
a consultant physician [1891],
Medical Officer at the Halifax Infirmary & Dispensary [1895],
Doctor and consulting physician at the Bradford Infirmary [1905],
Honorary Medical Officer at the Royal Halifax Infirmary [1905],
a Fellow of the Linnaean Society,
and
an authority on phthisis
On 29th May 1879, he married Alicia Mary Greenwood [1807-1867].
Children:
They lived at
Living with them [in 1901] was brother-in-law Albert
R. Greenwood [aged 45].
Alicia Mary died 30th December 1913.
Reginald Gervase died after a heart attack at his home,
Blackwall Lodge, Halifax [1916].
The couple were buried at Stoney Royd Cemetery.
Arthur Selby McCrea was executor of both their wills.
See
Baron Cobham
He owned land at Spring Gardens, Sowerby Bridge
He was
a Halifax surgeon and apothecary /
a supporter of Horley Green Spa.
He was one of the people who advanced money for the construction of
Halifax New Market in 1790, and a trustee of the Halifax Market Company.
He lived at Hope Hall, Belvedere, Hipperholme and Hopwood Hall.
On 12th May 1768, he married Harriet Disney.
Children:
He died at Hopwood Hall [1822].
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church
He was a Lieutenant in the 49th Regiment.
He was unmarried.
He died and was buried at Port au Prince in the West Indies
Son of Lewis Alexander.
Barrister at Lincoln's Inn.
In 1829, he married Matilda Legard.
He was one of the founder members of the Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society.
He was one of the subscribers to John Horner's book Buildings in the Town & Parish of Halifax [1835]
In 1933, he succeeded his brother Gervase Disney as 16th
Baron Cobham.
In 1923, he married (1) Christina Jean Honeybone.
They were divorced in 1934.
On 10th December, 1934, he married (2) Evelyn Sinclair Turnure
Halifax Surgeon.
In 1730, he married Elizabeth Allenson.
Children:
They lived at Hope Hall.
They owned Clare Hall, and Hoyle House.
William wrote Plain and easy directions for the use of
Harrogate Waters in 1773.
See
Sally Simpson and
Warley Grammar School
He trained in medicine, but died young and unmarried
Son of John Alexander.
Doctor.
He was interested in botany.
On 5th July 1803, he married Harriet Pickford, fourth daughter
of Sir Joseph Radcliffe, at Huddersfield.
They had no children.
He died 17th March 1808.
He was buried at Halifax Parish Church
Well-known Halifax doctor.
Son of Dr Gervase Alexander.
Like his grandfather, Dr Robert Alexander, he was a
supporter of Horley Green Spa
Alexander, Arthur William Ref 316-305
Son of Dr William Alexander.
Alexander, Catharine Anne Ref 316-304
Daughter of Dr Gervase Alexander.
She was unmarried
Alexander, Dr Disney Ref 316-280
Son of Dr Robert Alexander.
Alexander, Rev Disney Legard Ref 316-291
Son of Edward Nelson Alexander.
(Maria) / Juana Maria, of Paddington, was born in
Spain, the daughter of John Barrow Esquire
Alexander, Sir Douglas Ref 316-A722
Bt.
Alexander, Edward Ref 316-283
Son of John Alexander.
Ellen was the daughter of Samuel Waterhouse, and
was Edward's cousin
Alexander, Edward Nelson Ref 316-290
2nd son of Lewis Alexander.
commissioned for taking acknowledgements of deeds executed by married
women
Harriet was the daughter of Sir Thomas Legard of Ganton
Alexander, Ellen Ref 316-302
Daughter of Dr Gervase Alexander.
Alexander, F. N. Ref 316-150
See
Halifax Literary & Philosophical Society
Alexander, Dr Gervase Ref 316-287
MD.
Alexander, Dr Gervase Ref 316-300
MD.
Alexander, Dr Gervase Disney Ref 316-307
MRCS, LRCP.
Alexander, Henry Hamerton Ref 316-296
Youngest son of Edward Nelson Alexander.
He served with the Army in India with Her Majesty's 64th Regiment of
Foot.
He returned to England with tuberculosis
Alexander, Jeremiah Ref 316-481
Son of Alex Alexander, gunsmith.
Mary, of Mill Side, Leeds, was born in Leeds, the daughter
of Joseph Appleyard, dyer
Mary Ann was born in Halifax
Elizabeth was born in Halifax
Alexander, Dr John Ref 316-139
Of Hope Hall, Halifax.
a gentleman greatly respected for his private virtues and
professional skill
Alexander, John Ref 316-279
Eldest son of Dr William Alexander.
Frances was the daughter of James Hamer of Hamer Hall,
Lancashire
Alexander, Captain John Ref 316-299
Son of Dr Robert Alexander.
Anna Maria was the daughter of Rev Price Vicar of
Crewkerne, Somerset
Alexander, Dr John Ref 316-301
Son of Gervase Alexander.
Alexander, Lewis Ref 316-288
4th son of Dr Robert Alexander.
He was a solicitor who practised in Halifax
at Northgate [1816],
with Edward Nelson at 4 Wade Street [1822, 1829],
with Holden Hamerton,
and
partner in Alexander & Hammerton
Alexander, Mary Isabel Ref 316-309
Daughter of Reginald Gervase Alexander.
Alexander, Captain Nicholas Ref 316-142
Son of Dr Robert Alexander.
Alexander, Dr Reginald Gervase Ref 316-306
MA, MD, FLS.
Alicia Mary was the only daughter of John Greenwood
Alexander, Dr Richard Ref 316-791
Of the Alexander family.
Alexander, Dr Robert Ref 316-40
Son of Dr William Alexander.
Alexander, Robert Ref 316-77
Son of Dr Robert Alexander.
Alexander, Robert Ref 316-289
FSA, QC.
Alexander, Robert Disney Leith Ref 316-308
Son of Reginald Gervase Alexander.
Alexander, Thomas Clinton Ref 316-294
Son of Edward Nelson Alexander.
Emigrated to Australia
Alexander, Dr William Ref 316-278
Son of Dr Elias Alexander of York.
Alexander, William Ref 316-281
Son of Dr William Alexander.
Alexander, William Ref 316-285
MD.
Alexander, Dr William Ref 316-263
FRCP, JP.
| Families |
Members of
the family lived at
Hope Hall and
Hopwood Hall
The family is discussed in the book Yorkshire Pedigrees
The Alexander family of York & Halifax Ref 316-353 
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Death
1906
Alexander surname Ref 316-1
Unattached BMDs for Alexander
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