Alexander Auldjo

Alexander Auldjo (October 21 1758 – May 21 1821) was a businessman and political figure in Lower Canada.

He was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1758 and came to Montreal around 1778. He became involved in the fur trade and, later, in the export of wheat and the importing of goods from England. Auldjo also owned property at Montreal and in Upper Canada. In 1796, he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Lower Canada for Montreal West. He was also named a justice of the peace for Montreal district in 1796 and became a warden of Trinity House of Quebec in 1800. He served in the local militia and was promoted to lieutenant-colonel during the War of 1812. In 1804, he married Eweretta Jane, probably the daughter of John Richardson. Auldjo was agent for the Phoenix Assurance Company of London in Upper and Lower Canada and later for the Pelican Life Assurance Company. He returned to England in 1813. In 1817, he became a shareholder in the Bank of Montreal.

He died at London in 1821.

His nephew George Auldjo later became a Montreal merchant and a partner in the company formed by his uncle.

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* [http://www.biographi.ca/009004-119.01-e.php?&id_nbr=2737 Biography at the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online"]