Alexander Ure, 1st Baron Strathclyde, GBE, PC (22 February 1853 – 2 October 1928) was a Scottish politician, judge, and georgist land value tax activist.

[1] He was the son of John Ure, lord provost of Glasgow, and his wife Isabella.

[3] He provided as solicitor general for Scotland from December 1905[4] to 1909, and as Lord Advocate from February 1909[5] to 1913.

Following a campaign by Arthur Conan Doyle and others, Slater received a pardon, but only after having served 18 years in Peterhead Prison.

Their only child was a daughter, Christobel Helen Ure, who died in 1918, before the Baron's death.