Alexander Newlands CBE M.Inst.C.E., (11 January 1870 - 28 August 1938) was chief engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway from 1927 to 1933.
He married Bessie Hamilton McGilchrist, third daughter of the late Rev.
He then served a pupilage with Messrs. Gordon and MacBey and in 1892 joined the Highland Railway in the engineering department in Inverness, and was engaged in parliamentary surveys for the Kyle extension of the Dingwall and Skye section of the line.
In 1897 he was made resident engineer on the widening of the Highland Main Line from Blair Atholl northwards to Dalwhinnie.
He was appointed Chief Civil Engineer of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway on 1 February 1927, retiring on 1 July 1933.