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MCDONNELL, SIR ALEXANDER, BART., eldest son of James McDonnell MD, Belfast, Ireland, and his first wife Elizabeth, dau. of J. Clarke, Belfast; b. 1794; adm. Mich. 1808; KS 1810; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1813, matr. 1 Jun 1813, Westminster Student, afterwards Faculty Student; Chancellor’s Prize for Latin Verse 1815, for Latin Essay 1819 and for English Essay 1820; Newdigate Prize for English Verse 1816; BA 1816; MA 1820; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 22 May 1817, called to bar 22 Nov 1824; Midland Circuit; gave up legal practice to become Chief Clerk in office of Chief Secretary for Ireland; Resident Commissioner, Board of Education (I), 1839-71; Privy Councillor (I) 1846; created baronet 20 Jan 1872; m. 1826 Barbara, widow of Richard Staples, and eldest dau. of Hugh Montgomery, Benvarden, co. Antrim; d. 21 Jan 1875. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.