Alexander Oswald
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Alexander Oswald of Changue FRSE (1777–1821) was a 19th-century Scottish landowner and advocate.
He was born in Scotstoun House near Glasgow on 1 April 1777[1] the fourth son of George Oswald and his wife Margaret Smythe.[2]
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,[3] which was then a newly built flat designed by William Sibbald.[4]
In 1821 (a few months before he died) he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Gilbert Meason.[5]
He died in Bath on 4 April 1821.[6] His will is held at the National Archive in Kew.[7]
