Alexander Buchanan

Alexander Buchanan (1 November 1848 – 11 January 1939) was Master of the Supreme Court of South Australia from 1891 to 1912 and puisne judge 1916–1921. Biography Buchanan was born at Anlaby Station, near Kapunda, the eldest son of Celia Buchanan (died 27 November 1903) and Alexander Buchanan JP (c. 1808 – 21 May 1865), who came out to South Australia in 1839, was with a party of eight that drove 20,000 sheep overland from Sydney with William Sharples, James Turner, R. P. Cunningham, Edward Spicer, Coutts, Deas and Edgar and from around 1841 managed the station for Frederick Dutton. Buchanan was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide, at Hofwyl (now Hofwil), Switzerland, and Glasgow University. On his return in 1870 he spent two years prospecting in the Northern Territory. He entered the auctioneering and stockbroking business in partnership with John W. Gleeson, of Clare as Gleeeson & Buchanan 1877–1878.