Hume Campbell, Alexander

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Dates 1716-1720s, 1734-60
Location London
Vocation Lawyer and Politician
Place of Birth Birghamsheil, Berwickshire
Marriage Elizabeth Pettis
Issue
Place of birth Source History of Parliament Online

Twin brother of Hugh, Lord Polwarth. Educated at a private school in London (1716-1720s). Called to the bar 1731. Solicitor-general to the Prince of Wales (1741-46). MP for Berwickshire 1734-41 and again 1742-60 as an anti-Walpole Whig. 1740s voted both for, and against, the Government. Dismissed from Parliament for attacking Lord Tweeddale (1746?). Began to attend the House again in 1750. Died 1760.