Alexander Hastie (Lord Provost)

Alexander Hastie MP (1805–1864) was a 19th-century Scottish Whig politician who served as Lord Provost of Glasgow from 1846 to 1848.[1] He was MP for Glasgow from 1847 to 1848 and from 1852 to 1857.[2] He was one of the few people to simultaneously have been Lord Provost and MP for the same city.

He was noted as an anti-slavery activist.[3]

  1. ^ "Hastie, Alexander (1805-1864), Lord Provost of Glasgow and MP". The National Archives. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  2. ^ "Mr Alexander Hastie Former MP for Glasgow". TheyWorkForYou. Retrieved 26 February 2018.
  3. ^ Clotel and Other Writings, William Wells Brown