Alexander Wight

Name

Alexander Wight

Occupation

Biographical Info

Biographical Notes

Advocate, 6 Mar. 1754. Son of David Wight, writer in Edinburgh; m. Marion Blyth; Solicitor-General 1783-1784; Solicitor to Prince of Wales. Wrote on election law. Friends with Andrew Crosbie. A director of the Ayr bank, and lost money from its collapse.

Wight, Alexander, -1793

Life Dates

- 1793

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Title	Type	Document Title Sort descending	Submitted
Macausland and Others v. Montgomery and Others, and the Magistrates of Glasgow	Petition	Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of John Macausland, Deacon-Convener, and James Burns, Collector, for themselves, and in behalf of the other Members of the Convenery or Trades-House in the City of Glasgow;	29 Jan 1793

Alexander Wight

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