Alexander Oswald of Changue FRSE (1777–1821) was a 19th-century Scottish landowner and advocate.
Life
He was born in Scotstoun House near Glasgow on 1 April 1777Illustrated catalogue of the exhibition of portraits on loan in the new galleries of art, Glasgow 1886 the fourth son of George Oswald and his wife Margaret Smythe.
Early in his life he inherited the estate of Changue in Dumfriesshire.
He studied Law and qualified as an advocate around 1800.
In 1810 he is living at 6 Duke Street (now called Dublin Street) in Edinburgh's Second New Townflat by,Edinburgh Post Office Directory 1810 which was then a newly built flat designed by William Sibbald.Buildings of Scotland: Edinburgh by Gifford McWilliam and Walker
In 1821 (a few months before he died) he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Gilbert Meason.
He died in Bath on 4 April 1821.The Edinburgh Magazine May 1821 His will is held at the National Archive in Kew.
Family
He married Miss Anne Dalrymple (d. 1820), youngest daughter of Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton of Bargany House
Artistic recognition His portrait, by Andrew Geddes is held at Glasgow Museum Resource Centre.
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