Alexander McConachie | |
Birth Date: | 7 July 1840 |
Birth Place: | Glenrinnes, Banffshire, Scotland |
Death Place: | Stirling, Scotland |
Occupation: | Businessman |
Office: | Unofficial Member of the Legislative Council |
Term Start: | 11 June 1894 |
Term End: | 14 December 1895 |
Appointed: | William Robinson |
Successor: | Thomas Henderson Whitehead |
Predecessor: | Thomas Henderson Whitehead |
Office1: | Chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation |
Term Start1: | 1896 |
Term End1: | 1897 |
Successor1: | Stephen C. Michaelsen |
Predecessor1: | Jacob Silas Moses |
Alexander McConachie (7 July 1840 – 18 March 1913) was a prominent Scottish merchant in Hong Kong and the member of the Legislative Council.
McConachie was born on 7 July 1840 in Glenrinnes, Banffshire, Scotland. He went to Hong Kong and was the partner of the Gilman & Co. and was the chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce in 1896, chairman of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, chairman of the China Fire Insurance Company at different times.[1] He was also the representative of the Chamber of Commerce in the Legislative Council.[2]
He died on 18 March 1913 at Mar Gate, Stirling, Scotland and the funeral took place on 20 March at Stirling Cemetery.[1]