Name
Alexander Wight
Occupation
Advocate
Solicitor-General
Author
Banker
Biographical Info
Oxford DNB
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

Associated Cases

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Documents Authored

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Title Type Document Title Submitted
Thomas and Alexander Peters, Merchants in Glasgow, v. Alexander Spiers, Andrew Blackburn, and Others, Trustees for James Dunlop, Merchant in Glasgow Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of Alexander Speirs, Andrew Blackburn, and Andrew Syme, Trustees for the Creditors of James Dunlop merchant in Glasgow

 		5 Dec 1766
Clark v. Macgill Petition

Unto the Right Honourable, The Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Peter Clark, Indweller in Glasgow

 		2 Mar 1773
William Redhead, Tenant in Chatto v. Robert Kerr of Chatto Petition 24 Feb 1792
LC Volume 02 Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of John Macausland, Deacon-Convener, and James Burns, Collector, or themselves, and in behalf of the other Members of the Convenery or Trades-House in the City of Glasgow

 		29 Jan 1793
King & Caldwall v. King Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of John King, late Tenant in Park and Hall, and of John Caldwell of Lochside

 		6 Aug 1765
Carron Company v. Forth and Clyde Navigation Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of the Carron Company

 		18 Jul 1772
Clark v. Macgill Petition

Unto the Right Honourable, The Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Peter Clark indweller in Glasgow

 		30 Jun 1773
Heron v. MacLellan Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Thomas M'Lellan, Tenant in Wood of Gelston

 		2 Aug 1776
Stewart, et al v. Lord Swinton's Interlocutor Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of Messrs Stewart and Macalister, Merchants in Paisley, Thomas Howell, Merchant there, and Messrs John Watson and Company, Merchants there, Trustees for themselves and the other Creditors of William Murdoch, Merchant in Ayr

 		3 Mar 1789
Alexander v. Montgomery Petition

Unto the Right Honourable, The Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of James Montgomery and Company, Tacksmen of the Coalwork of Newton upon Air

 		3 Dec 1771
Clark v. Macgill Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of Peter Clark Indweller in Glasgow

 		16 Dec 1773
Maxwell v. Blair and Others Petition

Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Alexander Blair of Dunrod, and James Murray of Broughton, Alexander Copland of Coliston, John Newall of Barskeock, William Rorison of Ardoch, Patrick Brown of Barharrow, and John Syme Writer to the Signet, Trustees appointed by the deceased Hugh Blair of Dunrod, the Father of the said Alexander Blair

 		2 Mar 1774
Dunlop, and Other Trustees of Carlyle and Co v. Spiers and Others Petition Unto the Right Honourable the Lords of Council and Session, the Petition of Alexander Spiers, Andrew Blackburn, and Andrew Syme, Merchants in Glasgow, Trustees for the Creditors of James Dunlop late Merchant in Glasgow 15 Jul 1776
George Earl of Tyrconnel v. Sir Archibald Grant Petition

Unto the Right Honourable The Lords of Council and Session, The Petition of George, Earl of Tyrconnel, and of the Representatives of Richard Shergold, Esq.

 		31 Jul 1778
Abraham Delvalle, and Others v. The Creditors of the York-Buildings Company Answers

Answers for Nathaniel Smith, and others, Creditors of the York-buildings Company, to The Petition of Martha Grove, and others, Creditors of the said Company

 		22 Apr 1783
Bruce v. Cunynghame Answers

Answers for David Cunynghame, Esq; younger of Livingstone; to the Petition & Complaint of James Bruce of Kinnaird, Esq

 		22 Feb 1791
John Johnston v. William Morehead Answers

Answers for William Morehead, younger of Herbertshire, Esquire, To The Condescendence for John Johnston Esquire of Alva, Complainer

 		21 Dec 1790
Goodall v. Fleming Answers

Answers for Robert Fleming Printer in Edinburgh, to the Petition of William Good Wright in Edinburgh

 		17 Dec 1766
Andrew Ross and Others v. John Glasford and Company Answers

Answers for John Glassford and company, Merchants in Glasgow, to the Petition of Andrew Ross and others, late Mariners on board the Ingram of Glasgow

 		7 Feb 1771
Hunter v. Robb, &c Answers

Answers for Robert Robb, John Brown, and William Boyter, Baillies; Walter Thomson Treasurer; and Robert Alexander, Esq; George Colvill, Robert Bisset, John Thomson, David Loudon, Alexander Boyter, William Innes, Robert Peattie, William Miller, William Alexander, Esq; and James Hay, Counsellors of the Borough of Anstruther-Wester, elected at Michaelmas 1766; to the Petition and Complaint of Robert Hunter, William Thomson, and James Boyter

 		14 Jan 1767
Counsellors of the Burgh of Burntisland Answers

Answers for William Ferguson, Esq; of Raith, Provost; James Orrock, Hugh Bairnsfather, and Archibald Bairnsfather, Bailies; William Kilgour Dean-of-guild; and John Thomson, John Butler, and Others, Counsellors of the Borough of Burntisland

 		13 Jan 1789
Janet and Johanna Sempills v. Hugh Lord Sempill Answers 20 Dec 1792
James Bruce v. W. A. Cuninghame Answers

Answers for Sir William Augustus Cunynghame, Baronet of Livingstone, To The Petition and Complaint of James Bruce of Kinnaird, Esq

 		22 Feb 1791
Alexander Milne v. Freeholders of Aberdeenshire Answers

Answers for George Skene of Skene, Esq.; To The Petition of Alexander Milne of Chapelton

 		30 Jun 1791
Reid v. Cunninghame Answers

Answers for Sir William Augustus Cunynghame of Livingston, Baronet; to the Petition of James Reid Tenant in Lethem

 		26 Feb 1784