Alexander McDonnell
Chess master
Alexander McDonnell, sometimes spelled MacDonnell, was an Irish chess master, who contested a series of six matches with the world's leading chess player Louis-Charles Mahé de La Bourdonnais in 1834. Wikipedia
Born: May 22, 1798, Belfast, United Kingdom
Died: September 15, 1835 (age 37 years), London, United Kingdom
Books: Rum and British Spirit Duties: A Statement of the Arguments for and Against a Equalization of the Duties on British Spirits and West India Rum, Compulsory Manumission, Or an Examination of the Actual State of the West India Question, An Examination Into the Expediency of Permitting Foreign Sugar to be Refined in this Country for Exportation, and more