Alexander Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank

Lord Meadowbank
Portrait of Lord Meadowbank by Sir Henry Raeburn
Lord of session and justiciary
In office
24 June 1819 – 1843
Member of Parliament
In office
1818–1819
Preceded bySir John Anstruther
Succeeded bySir William Rae, Bt.
ConstituencyAnstruther Burghs
In office
1817–1818
Serving with John Leslie Foster
Preceded byRichard Wellesley
John Leslie Foster
Succeeded byJohn Copley
John Leslie Foster
ConstituencyYarmouth
Lord Advocate
In office
1816–1819
Preceded byArchibald Colquhoun
Succeeded bySir William Rae, Bt.
Solicitor General for Scotland
In office
1813–1816
Preceded byDavid Monypenny
Succeeded byJames Wedderburn
Sheriff of Haddington
In office
1810–1813
Preceded byJohn Burnett
Succeeded byWilliam Home
Personal details
Born
Alexander Maconochie

(1777-03-02)2 March 1777
Midlothian, Scotland, Great Britain
Died30 November 1861(1861-11-30) (aged 84)
Meadowbank House, Kirknewton, West Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Spouse
Anne Blair
(m. 1805)
ChildrenAllan Alexander Maconochie Welwood of Meadowbank and Garvock
Parents
EducationRoyal High School
University of Edinburgh
OccupationAdvocate, Judge, Politician

The Right Honourable Alexander Maconochie, Lord Meadowbank of Garvock and Pitliver FRSE, FSA Scot (2 March 1777–30 November 1861), was a Scottish advocate, judge, landowner and politician. After 1854 he took the surname Maconochie-Welwood.