William Alexander MP (1690–1761) was an 18th century Scottish banker and politician who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1752 to 1754 He was born in Glasgow around 1690 the son of John Alexander, a tobacco merchant, and his wife Janet Cuninghame of Craigends in Renfrewshire.
From 1755 to 1760 he was Commissioner for Forfeited Estates (linking to those who supported the Jacobite cause in the rebellion of 1745).
He stood down from this role due to ill health early in 1761 and died on 25 July 1761.
[2] He is buried in a small enclosure in the outer burial ground of Roslyn Chapel just south of Edinburgh, adjacent to Sir William Alexander.
[4] William the son married Christine Aitchison and was father to Sir William Alexander (1755–1842) Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer and uncle of Isabella Alexander (1768–1851) who married John Peter Hankey and were grandparents to Thomson Hankey.