Alexander Allardyce (c. 1743 – 1 November 1801) was a Scottish politician and slave trader who sat in the Parliament of Great Britain and later the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the Aberdeen Burghs from 18 May 1792 to 1 November 1801.
[2] As a young man, he traveled to the British colony of Jamaica and worked as a slave trader, as well as fathering an illegitimate daughter with Elizabeth Delpratt of Kingston.
[1] His second daughter Eleanor Allardyce would go onto marry Archibald Kennedy, Earl of Cassilis.
[4][5] Allardyce first entered Parliament in 1792 with the backing of Henry Dundas, after the death of the Aberdeen sitting member.
[1] He spoke in favor of the Aberdeen Police Bill of 28 April 1794,[1] and protested strongly against provisions of a Post Office Duty Bill on 21 February and 4 March 1801.