Alexander Allardyce (politician)
{{Short description|Scottish politician and slave trader (1743–1801)}}
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| name = Alexander Allardyce
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| birth_date = {{circa|1743}}
| birth_place = Aberdeen, Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1801|11|01|1743|01|01}}
| death_place = United Kingdom
| occupation = Politician, slave trader
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Alexander Allardyce ({{circa|1743}} – 1 November 1801) was a Scottish politician and slave trader who sat in the Parliament of Great Britain and later the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the Aberdeen Burghs from 18 May 1792 to 1 November 1801.
"History of Parliament Online." ALLARDYCE, Alexander (1743-1801), of Dunnottar, Kincardine. | History of Parliament Online, [http://www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/allardyce-alexander-1743-1801 www.historyofparliamentonline.org/volume/1790-1820/member/allardyce-alexander-1743-1801]. He came from an old Kincardineshire family.
Early life
Alexander Allardyce was born in Aberdeen {{circa|1743}}.{{cite book|last1=Thorne|first1=R. G.|title=The House of Commons|date=1986|publisher=Boydell & Brewer|isbn=9780436521010|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j0AsmWc5zYwC&q=Alexander+Allardyce&pg=PA590|accessdate=11 March 2018|language=en}} As a young man, he traveled to the British colony of Jamaica and worked as a slave trader, as well as fathering an illegitimate daughter with Elizabeth Delpratt of Kingston.{{cite web|title=Summary of Individual {{!}} Legacies of British Slave-ownership|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146652069|website=ucl.ac.uk|accessdate=11 March 2018|language=en}} After his return to Scotland in 1780 he purchased an estate in Kincardineshire. His second daughter Eleanor Allardyce would go onto marry Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis.{{cite web|title=Person Page|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p2429.htm#i24283|website=thepeerage.com|accessdate=11 March 2018}}{{cite web|title=Person Page|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p2429.htm#i24284|website=thepeerage.com|accessdate=11 March 2018}}
Career as member of the British Parliament
Allardyce first entered Parliament in 1792 with the backing of Henry Dundas, after the death of the Aberdeen sitting member. He would retain the seat unchallenged in 1796.
He spoke in favor of the Aberdeen Police Bill of 28 April 1794, and protested strongly against provisions of a Post Office Duty Bill on 21 February and 4 March 1801.
Death
Allardyce died in office on 1 November 1801. He was buried at St Nicholas Kirkyard, in Aberdeen.{{cite web|title=Alexander Allardyce [Allardice], of Dunottar, Slave Trader b. 1743 d. 1 Nov 1801: MacFarlane Clan & Families Genealogy|url=http://www.clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info/genealogy/TNGWebsite/getperson.php?personID=I58763&tree=CC|website=clanmacfarlanegenealogy.info|accessdate=11 March 2018}}{{cite web|last1=StudioSP|first1=Designed by Basestation in association with|title=A North East Story - Scotland, Africa and Slavery in the Caribbean|url=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/slavery/6p3.htm|website=abdn.ac.uk|accessdate=11 March 2018}}
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Category:Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for Scottish constituencies
Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Aberdeen constituencies
Category:British MPs 1790–1796
Category:British MPs 1796–1800
Category:Politicians from Aberdeen