Alexander MacFarlane
Astronomer
Alexander MacFarlane FRS was a Scottish polymath who was active as an astronomer, merchant, mathematician, judge, politician and planter. Wikipedia
Born: 1702, Kingdom of Scotland
Died: August 23, 1755 (age 53 years), Colony of Jamaica
Parents: Helen Arbuthnot
Grandparents: Catherine Gordon and Robert Arbuthnott, 2nd Viscount of Arbuthnott
Great-grandparents: Robert Gordon, 6th of Pitlurg, Robert Arbuthnot, 1st Viscount of Arbuthnott, and Lady Marjory Carnegie