Nathaniel Alexander (bishop)

Nathaniel Alexander (1760 – 21 October 1840), was an Anglican Bishop in Ireland during the first half of the 19th century.
He was born in 1760 and educated at Harrow and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He was appointed Bishop of Clonfert and Kilmacduaghin 1802and translated to Killaloe in 1804. Only six months later he became Bishop of Down and Connor. He was translated for a third time to Meathin 1823. A nephew of James Alexander, 1st Earl of Caledon and uncle of a future Archbishop of Armagh, he died in post on 21 October 1840.