| Alexander Learmonth | |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Colchester |
| Term Start: | 3 November 1870 |
| Term End: | 31 March 1880 |
| Alongside: | William Brewer (until 1874) Herbert Mackworth-Praed (from 1874) |
| Predecessor: | John Gurdon Rebow |
| Successor: | Richard Causton William Willis |
| Birth Place: | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Party: | Conservative |
| Children: | Seven |
Lt. Col. Alexander Learmonth (1829 - 10 March 1887) was a British Army officer and a Conservative Party politician.
Born at 4 Princes Street in Edinburgh, the eldest son of John Learmonth,[1] Alexander Learmonth was educated at University College, Oxford, where he matriculated in 1847 before entering the Inner Temple to study law. He joined the Army and became a Colonel in the 17th Lancers.[2]
On retiring from the Army he was elected Conservative MP for Colchester on 3 November 1877,[3] sitting from 1870 to 1880.[4]
In 1859, he married Charlotte Lyons, the eldest daughter of Lieutenant-General Humphrey Lyons.[5] The couple had 7 children.
By 1878, his extravagant London lifestyle caused his bankruptcy and the lands he had inherited in Edinburgh from his father were sold to the builder James Steel.[6]
Learmonth died in London on 10 March 1887.[5]