Alexander Champion (jnr) (11 Nov 1751 - 6 Apr 1809) was a London-based merchant and was active as a whaler in the late 18th century.
Samuel Enderby was Alexander's business partner, and he elected to pursue the whaling trade in the South Atlantic.
When James Cook returned to Britain from his voyage into the South Atlantic in 1775, during which he crossed the Antarctic Circle for the first time, he reported that the seas were full of whales and seals.
[3] In 1786 Alexander Champion and his brother Benjamin sent the first British whaler, The Triumph, east of the Cape of Good Hope.
She married Rev Thomas Streatfeild the antiquarian III Maria was born on 8 February 1778 and one reference says she died 10 May 1822 though another she was still alive in 1861 census!