Cable-Alexander baronets explained

Cable-Alexander baronets
Creation Date:	1809^[1]
Status:	extant
Motto:	Per mare, per terras, By sea and land

The Alexander, later Cable-Alexander Baronetcy, of the City of Dublin, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 11 December 1809 for William Alexander, Lord Mayor of Dublin. The second Baronet was a Director of the Bank of Ireland. The third Baronet was Attorney-General to Albert Edward, Prince of Wales, later Edward VII. The seventh Baronet assumed in 1931 by deed poll the additional surname of Cable. As of 31 December 2013 the present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant.^[2]

This branch of the Irish Alexander family is descended from William Alexander, whose brother Nathaniel Alexander was the ancestor of the Earls of Caledon and the Earls Alexander of Tunis.

Alexander, later Cable-Alexander baronets, of the City of Dublin (1809)

• Sir William Alexander, 1st Baronet (1743–1809)^[3]
• Sir Robert Alexander, 2nd Baronet (1769–1859)^[3]
• Sir William John Alexander, 3rd Baronet (1797–1873)^[3]
• Sir John Wallace Alexander, 4th Baronet (1800–1888)^[3]
• Sir William Ferdinand Alexander, 5th Baronet (1845–1896)^[4]
• Sir Lionel Cecil William Alexander, 6th Baronet (1885–1956)^[4]
• Sir Desmond William Lionel Cable-Alexander, 7th Baronet (1919–1986)
• Sir Patrick William Cable-Alexander, 8th Baronet (born 1936))

The heir apparent is the present holder's son Fergus William Antony Cable-Alexander (born 1981).

See also

• Earl of Caledon
• Earl Alexander of Tunis

Notes and References

1. Book: Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage . 2000 . Debrett's Peerage . London . 033354577X . B17.
2. Web site: Official Roll of the Baronetage » the Standing Council of the Baronetage – . 2016-02-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150306051137/http://www.baronetage.org/official-roll-of-the-baronets/ . 6 March 2015 .
3. Book: Foster . Joseph . The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire . 1883 . Nichols and Sons . Westminster . 4–5 .
4. Book: Burke, Bernard. Bernard Burke

   . Bernard Burke. Ashworth P. Burke. A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage, the Privy Council, Knightage and Companionage. 65th. 1903. Harrison and Sons. London. 30.