Alexander Watkins Terrell (November 23, 1827 – September 9, 1912) was an American lawyer, judge, planter, Confederate officer, and diplomat.

Alexander Watkins Terrell was born on November 23, 1827, in Patrick County, Virginia.

[5] When his term as judge came to an end, Terrell joined the 1st Texas Cavalry Regiment of the Confederate States Army as major.

Davis was captured by Union forces on May 10, 1865, and Smith soon accepted the Appomattox surrender terms agreed to by Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner on May 26, 1865, pending Smith's approval.

[7] Terrell fled to Mexico after the war and briefly served Emperor Maximilian as a battalion commander.

[2] From 1893 until 1897, he was minister plenipotentiary to the Ottoman Empire during U.S. President Grover Cleveland's second administration.