Nathaniel Alexander was an Irish politician.

He was elected as Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for County Antrim

Antrim (UK Parliament constituency)

Antrim is former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. It was a two member constituency and existed in two periods, 1801–1885 and 1922-1950.-Boundaries:...

 at a by-election on 14 April 1841, replacing John Bruce Richard O'Neill who had succeeded as Viscount O'Neill. He was re-elected at the general elections of 1841

United Kingdom general election, 1841

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 and 1847

United Kingdom general election, 1847

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 but left the House of Commons at the election in 1852

United Kingdom general election, 1852

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He was the son of the Ven. Robert Alexander, Archdeacon of Down, by his wife Catherine Staples. His grandfathers were Nathaniel Alexander, Bishop of Meath

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, and John Staples

John Staples

John Staples was an Irish Member of Parliament.He sat in the Irish House of Commons for Newtown Limavady from 1765 to 1768, for Clogher from 1768 to 1776, for Ballyshannon from 1776 to 1783, for Newtown Limavady again from 1783 to 1795 and for County Antrim from 1796 to 1800, and then for Antrim...

, MP for Antrim. On 7 April 1842 he married Florinda, daughter of Richard Boyle Bagley and granddaughter of Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine

Richard Handcock, 2nd Baron Castlemaine

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; their sons succeeded to the family property at Portglenone

Portglenone

Portglenone is a village in County Antrim, Northern Ireland. It lies 8.5 miles west of Ballymena. It had a population of 2,900 in the 2001 Census...

 (now a Trappist monastery).