Alexander Oswald


Alexander Oswald of Changue FRSE was a 19th-century Scottish landowner and advocate.

Life

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 in Edinburgh's Second New Townflat by, then a newly built flat by William Sibbald.
In 1821 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Gilbert Meason.
He died in Bath on 4 April 1821. His will is held at the National Archive in Kew.

Artistic Recognition

His portrait, by Andrew Geddes is held at Glasgow Museum Resource Centre.