Relatives

Arguably, his most notable line is that of his great-grandmother, Elsie Stewart - herself being a male-line descendant of James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Galloway (Alexander’s eleventh great-grandfather).

Maternally, Alexander descends from James IV of Scotland, Robert III of Scotland, Robert II of Scotland, and James I of Scotland, all from separate lines of both illegitimate and legitimate descent.

Alexander also descends from Edward III (thus also William the Conqueror) through John of Gaunt. Remarkably, he descends from John of Gaunt twice - once through his daughter, Joan Beaufort, Countess of Westmorland, on his father’s side, and once through his son John Beaufort, 1st Earl of Somerset, on his mother’s side. Additionally, due to Edward III’s marriage to Philippa of Hainault, he is also a relative of the Avesnes family and the (Capetian) House of Valois. Due to Edward III’s paternal grandfather, Edward I, marrying Eleanor of Castile, he is also descended from her father, Ferdinand III of Castile (thus a descendant of Alfonso IX of León, Alfonso VIII of Castile, Sancho III of Castile, García Ramírez of Navarre, etc.)

Richard III and Edward IV are his 1st cousins, 18x removed - through their shared ancestor Ralph Neville, 1st Earl of Westmorland. Unusually, Henry VII is also his 1st cousin, 18x removed through their shared ancestor Margaret Beauchamp of Bletso.

Maternally he is also descended from Christian I of Denmark (thus descending from all 3 sons of Valdemar II of Denmark, each of which were Kings of Denmark). It is through this same descent that he descends from: the House of Hohenzollern (from John, Margrave of Brandenburg-Kulmbach), the House of Ascania (from Barbara of Saxe-Wittenberg), the House of Habsburg (from Rudolf I of Germany). Additionally he is descended from: the House of Egmond, the House of La Marck, the House of Valois-Burgundy, the House of Wittelsbach, the House of Dampierre, the House of Brabant, the House of Évreux, the House of Burgundy.

Maternally and Paternally, he descends from several Kings of France that belonged to the House of Capet - some examples include Philip IV of France (22nd great-grandfather) and Henry I of France (29th great-grandfather).

In more recent generations, he is also the 7th great-grandnephew of Nevil Maskelyne FRS FRSE, who was the 5th Astronomer Royal. Nevil was the brother to Margaret Maskelyne - who’s spouse was Robert Clive, 1st Baron Clive KB FRS - the famous Governor of the Bengal Presidency. Together Robert and Margaret had Edward Clive, 1st Earl of Powis, ergo, Alexander is a distant cousin of the Earl of Powis. As well as this, he is related to several Lords of the Manor, such as Andrew Reade (George Washington & Queen Elizabeth II’s ancestor)

Alexander is presently in contact with the College of Arms so they may draft and document a formal pedigree (family tree) of his descent from the Booth baronets of Dunham Massey. It involves a process in which the College of Arms will scrutinize his genealogical evidence and if all is well, they will proceed with drafting the pedigree.