Sir Alexander Sprot, 1st Baronet, CMG, DL (24 April 1853 – 8 February 1929) was a British soldier and Scottish Unionist Party politician.

The only son of Alexander Sprot (1823-1854) of Garnkirk, Lanarkshire, of a family formerly of Edinburgh that owned a brick-making works, and Rachael Jane (daughter of Peter Cleghorn, of Stravithie),[1] he was educated at Harrow School and at Trinity College, Cambridge.

He left South Africa in April 1902 on board the SS Walmer Castle,[4] arriving at Southampton early the following month.

Sprot, despite being refused the "Coupon" – the official endorsement given by David Lloyd George and Bonar Law to Coalition candidates – defeated Asquith.

Of the other seven all married military or naval men save Alix, who took holy orders in Palestine.