Alexander Oswald
Alexander Oswald of Changue FRSE was a 19th-century Scottish landowner and advocate.
Life
He was born in Scotstoun House near Glasgow on 1 April 1777 the fourth son of George Oswald and his wife Margaret Smythe.Early in his life he inherited the estate of Changue in Dumfriesshire.
He studied Law and qualified as an advocate around 1800.
In 1810 he is living at 6 Duke Street in Edinburgh's Second New Townflat by, which was then a newly built flat designed by William Sibbald.
In 1821 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Gilbert Meason.
He died in Bath on 4 April 1821. His will is held at the National Archive in Kew.