James Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon
- James Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon
James Du Pre Alexander, 3rd Earl of Caledon (27 July 1812 - 30 June 1855) was a soldier and politician and the son of Du Pre Alexander, 2nd Earl of Caledon and Lady Catherine Yorke.
He was born in London and was educated from 1824 to 1828 at Eton College and then at Christ Church, Oxford. He was appointed Sheriff of County Armagh in 1836 and was Member of Parliament for County Tyrone between 1837 and 1839 and succeeded to the title of Earl of Caledon on the death of his father on April 8, 1839. He was then elected to the House of Lords as a Representative Peer for Ireland in 1841. He gained the rank of Captain in the service of the Coldstream Guards and was Colonel of the Tyrone Militia.
He married Lady Jane Frederica Harriot Mary Grimston, daughter of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson, on 4 September 1845 at St. Michael's, St. Albans, Hertfordshire, and had issue:
*James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon (11 July 1846 - 27 April 1898)
*Hon. Walter Philip Alexander (9 February 1849 - 30 October 1934), a Lieutenant Colonel in the 2nd Dragoons (Royal Scots Greys) who served in the Second Boer War from 1899 to 1900 and married Margaret Katherine Grimston (who died 12 September 1929), daughter of Rev. the Hon. Francis Grimston, son of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam, and had issue.
*Lady Jane Charlotte Elizabeth Alexander (1 May 1850 - 23 June 1941), who married Captain Edmund Barker Van Koughnet CMG RN JP (who died 27 March 1905), son of the Honourable Philip Michael Matthew Scott VanKoughnet QC, former Chancellor of Ontario, and died without issue.
*Hon. Charles Alexander (26 January 1854 - 27 October 1909), a Major in the 3rd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers who in 1880 married Kate Stayner, daughter of Charles Stayner, of Halifax, Nova Scotia, and had issue.
Lord Caledon died at the age of 42 at his house in Carlton House Terrace, London on 30 June 1855 and was buried Caledon, County Tyrone, Ireland. Lady Caledon died on 30 March 1888.
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