Educated at Kelvinside Academy, the University of Glasgow, and Göttingen, Alexander was commissioned into the Territorial Force in 1899, becoming captain in 1906, major in 1915, and brigadier-general in 1917.
During the First World War, he commanded the 6th Battalion, The Black Watch. He was then appointed Director of Administration of Explosive Factories at the Ministry of Munitions from 1916 to 1917 and Controller of Aircraft Supply and Production at the same ministry from 1917 to 1919. He was Director-General of Purchases at the ministry from 1919 to 1920. He was a member of the Air Council in 1919.
He was a director of many companies. His chief business concerns were in chemicals and iron and steel.
He was appointed DSO in 1916, CMG in 1918, CB and TD in 1919, and KBE in 1920. He also received the Legion of Honour, and was an Officer of the Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus.
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william, alexander, glasgow, brigadier, general, william, alexander, 1874, december, 1954, british, businessman, british, army, officer, civil, servant, scottish, unionist, party, politician, member, parliament, glasgow, central, between, general, elections, 1. Brigadier General Sir William Alexander KBE CB CMG DSO TD 4 May 1874 29 December 1954 1 was a British businessman British Army officer civil servant and Scottish Unionist Party politician He was the Member of Parliament MP for Glasgow Central between the general elections of 1923 to 1945 when he stood down 2 Alexander c 1922 Educated at Kelvinside Academy the University of Glasgow and Gottingen Alexander was commissioned into the Territorial Force in 1899 becoming captain in 1906 major in 1915 and brigadier general in 1917 During the First World War he commanded the 6th Battalion The Black Watch He was then appointed Director of Administration of Explosive Factories at the Ministry of Munitions from 1916 to 1917 and Controller of Aircraft Supply and Production at the same ministry from 1917 to 1919 He was Director General of Purchases at the ministry from 1919 to 1920 He was a member of the Air Council in 1919 He was a director of many companies His chief business concerns were in chemicals and iron and steel He was appointed DSO in 1916 CMG in 1918 CB and TD in 1919 and KBE in 1920 He also received the Legion of Honour and was an Officer of the Order of St Maurice and St Lazarus References edit Leigh Rayment s Historical List of MPs Constituencies beginning with G part 1 WILLIAM ALEXANDER FORMER M P WAS 80 The New York Times January 1 1955 p 13 Retrieved February 14 2019External links editHansard 1803 2005 article contributions in Parliament by William Alexander Parliament of the United Kingdom Preceded byBonar Law Member of Parliament for Glasgow Central1923 1945 Succeeded byJames Hutchison nbsp nbsp This article about a Scottish Conservative and Unionist or Unionist Party Scotland Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to the British Army is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a Conservative Member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom born in the 1870s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Alexander Glasgow MP amp oldid 1188774908, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
