James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon [SEP] date of death
James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon
James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon (1730 – 22 March 1802) was an Irish landlord, merchant, politician and peer of the realm. The second son of Alderman Nathaniel Alexander of Derry, he was the effective founder of the Caledon family, and certainly the founder of its fortune.
An Irish 'nabob'.
Alexander began his career in India when he arrived at Fort St George, Madras, in 1752, at the age of twenty-three, and
Alderman of the city of Derry in 1755 and died on 22 September 1761, having had with other children a third son, James Alexander, who became the 1st Earl of Caledon.
The style Viscount Alexander is used as a courtesy title for the Earl's eldest son and heir apparent. 
The family seat is Caledon Castle, near Caledon, County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.
Earls of Caledon (1800).
- James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon (1730–1802)
- Du Pre Alexander, 2nd