Alexander Hastie (Lord Provost)
Alexander Hastie MP (1805–1864) was a 19th-century Scottish Whig politician who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1846 to 1848.[1] He was MP for Glasgow from 1847 to 1848 and from 1852 to 1857.[2] He was one of the few people to simultaneously have been Lord Provost and MP for the same city.
He was noted as an anti-slavery activist.[3]
Life[]
He was born on 24 April 1805, the son of Robert Hastie (1774-1827). The family moved to Glasgow around 1815.[4] His father was President of the Glasgow Philosophical Society.[5]
From 1822 to 1827 he lived and worked in Canada.[6]
He worked for the family firm of R. Hastie & Co, based first at Somerville Place[7] and later at 13 John Street in Glasgow. The company traded with America and the East Indies.
In 1837 he joined Glasgow town council as a councillor. At the time of his being Lord Provost in 1846 he lived at 212 Bath Street in the Glasgow city centre.[8]
In 1863 he purchased , near Dunfermline in Fife.
He had an attack of epileptic seizure at home in Bath Street in January 1864. He died on 13 August 1864 at Luscar House.
Family[]
In 1852 he married Ann Napier daughter of Robert Napier of West . They had two daughters, Isabella Napier Hastie and , an explorer and organiser of a scientific expedition.[9]
In 1873 Isabella ("Ella") (1854-1919) married Thomas Charles Perceval Lefroy and became Isabella Napier Lefroy. She was an author under the name of E. N. Leigh Fry.[10]
References[]
- ^ "Hastie, Alexander (1805-1864), Lord Provost of Glasgow and MP". The National Archives. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ "Mr Alexander Hastie Former MP for Glasgow". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
- ^ Clotel and Other Writings, William Wells Brown
- ^ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1815
- ^ Blackwoods Magazine vol 21, 1827
- ^ Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Men from Fife, M F Conolly
- ^ Glasgow Post Office Directory 1830
- ^ Glasgow Post Office directory 1848
- ^ "The South Sea Expedition". paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. 24 February 1899. Retrieved 26 August 2020.
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