Josiah Alexander

Josiah Bracken Canning Alexander was an English first-class cricketer.
Alexander was born at Grosvenor Square, Westminster, the son of East [India Company] officer Josias Alexander and Mary Bracken. In the mid-18th century, his family amassed enormous fortune and power through the East India Company. James Alexander was his uncle and Du Pré Alexander, [2nd Earl of Caledon], his father's cousin.
He made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England in 1853 at the St [Lawrence Ground|St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury]. In a match which the Gentlemen of England won by 7 wickets, Alexander batted twice, ending the Gentlemen of Kent first-innings not out on 2, while in their second-innings he opened the batting and was dismissed for a single run by Edward [Drake |Edward Drake].
He died in 1882 at Barton-upon-Irwell, Lancashire.