ONSLOW, SIR ALEXANDER CAMPBELL, brother of Guildford Macleay Onslow (qv); b. 17 Jul 1842; adm. 5 Feb 1856; QS 1857; rowed v. Eton 3 Aug 1860; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1861 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 25 May 1861, matr. 1862; ran in hurdle race for Cambridge v. Oxford at first inter-university sports 1864; BA 1866; adm. Inner Temple 15 Jan 1862, called to bar 17 Nov 1868; Home Circuit; Attorney-Gen., Honduras 1877-80, Western Australia 1880-1; Chief Justice of Western Australia 1883-1901; acting Governor 11 Nov 1884 – 15 Jun 1885; knighted 15 Jul 1895; returned to England 1900; m. 4 Feb 1878 Madeleine Emma, dau. of Rev. Robert Loftus Tottenham, Chaplain at Florence; d. 20 Oct 1908.
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- https://collections.westminster.org.uk/index.php/college-1