He was 59 at the time of his second marriage, and died when Alexander ( known as Alec ) was seven.

He was the only son and eldest of the three children of Alexander Edward ( Alec ) Cook ( 1906 – 1984 ), a colonial civil servant, and his wife Ethel Catherine Margaret, née Mayo ( 1908 – 1994 ).

Note: Although Grant's baptismal record records his middle name as " Alec ", it is " Alexander " on his birth certificate.

Niven played Alexander ' Alec ' Fleming, one of a family of retired con artists who now fleece villains in the interests of justice.

Directed by Alexander Mackendrick, it stars Alec Guinness, Cecil Parker, Herbert Lom, Peter Sellers, Danny Green, Jack Warner and Katie Johnson.

Writers who are or have been residents of Kingston include Steven Heighton, Bronwen Wallace, Helen Humphreys, Michael Ondaatje, Joanne Page, Diane Schoemperlen, Eric Folsom, Michael Crummey, Melanie Dugan, Mark Sinnett, Mary Alice Downie, Robertson Davies, Douglas Fetherling, Wayne Grady, Merilyn Simonds, Ellen Stafford, Alec Ross, Jamie Swift, Carolyn Smart, Sarah Tsiang, Joanne Stanbridge, Laurie Lewis, and Alexander Scala.

The authors Alec Waugh and Evelyn Waugh, the journalist Claud Cockburn, Claudia Cockburn ( wife of actor Michael Flanders ) and author Sarah Caudwell were all descended from Cockburn, as are journalists Laura Flanders, Stephanie Flanders, Alexander Cockburn ( husband of author Emma Tennant ), Andrew Cockburn ( husband of journalist Leslie Cockburn ) and Patrick Cockburn ( son-in-law of Bishop Hugh Montefiore ) and actress Olivia Wilde ( former wife of Tao Ruspoli ).

Alexander Raban Waugh ( Alec Waugh ) ( 8 July 1898 – 3 September 1981 ), was a British novelist, the elder brother of the better-known Evelyn Waugh and son of Arthur Waugh, author, literary critic, and publisher.

Alexander Rae " Alec " Baldwin III ( born April 3, 1958 ) is an American actor who has appeared on film, stage, and television.

He has been portrayed on film three times: in the 1951 film Sirocco ( dealing with the Syrian insurrection against France ), by Jeff Corey ; David Lean's epic Lawrence of Arabia ( 1962 ), played by Alec Guinness, and in the unofficial sequel to Lawrence, A Dangerous Man: Lawrence After Arabia ( 1990 ) by Alexander Siddig.

Other composers who have written for the instrument include Béla Bartók, Alec Wilder, Stephen Caudel, Andrew Downes, Felix Draeseke, Alexander Kaloian, Elisabeth Lutyens, Michael Nyman, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Ragnar Søderlind, Arnold Schoenberg, Richard Strauss, Igor Stravinsky, Edgard Varèse, Esa-Pekka Salonen, Sofia Gubaidulina, and Alexander Prior

Alec Empire ( born Alexander Wilke-Steinhof on 2 May 1972 in Charlottenburg, West Berlin ) is a German musician who is best known as a founding member of the band Atari Teenage Riot.

One was the economist Sir Alexander Kirkland Cairncross ( a. k. a. Alec Cairncross ).

He went bankrupt in 1987 after skeptics James Randi and Alexander ( Alec ) Jason exposed his method of receiving information about revival attendees from his wife via an in-ear receiver.

Foreign honorary members have included Leonhard Euler, Marquis de Lafayette, Alexander von Humboldt, Leopold von Ranke, Charles Darwin, Jawaharlal Nehru, Werner Heisenberg, and Alec Guinness.

Sir Alexander Russell Downer KBE ( 7 April 1910 – 30 March 1981 ), Australian politician and diplomat generally known as Alec or Alick.

The most famous recent holder of the title was the 14th Earl, Alexander Frederick Douglas-Home, better known as Sir Alec Douglas-Home.

Alec is the Scottish form of Alex, a given name related to Alexander.

* Alexander, Alexandra → Al, Alec, Alexis, Alex, Eck, Lex, Lexie, Sandy, Xander

Born in New York City and raised on Long Island, she moved to Los Angeles when her father, Alec Alexander, an agent who handled at that point such notables as Frank Gorshin and Sal Mineo, decided to make the switch from the east to the west coast.

Nicholson's second volume of poetry A Chaplet of Southernwood ( 1896 ), celebrated the beauty of another Rydal Mount pupil ( 1891 – 94 ), William Alexander ( Alec ) Melling ( 1878 – 1962 ).

It starred Alec Guinness, Joan Greenwood, and Cecil Parker, and was directed by Alexander Mackendrick.

The Waugh family connection with Midsomer Norton began when Dr Alexander Waugh, father of Arthur Waugh and grandfather of Evelyn Waugh and Alec Waugh moved to Island House, which had been built in the early 18th century, in The Island in the centre of the town in 1865.

However, during the schism between Pope Alexander III and Antipope Victor IV, Absalon stayed loyal to Valdemar even as he joined the Holy Roman Emperor Frederick Barberossa in supporting Victor IV.

The technique is named after actor Frederick Matthias Alexander, who developed its principles in the 1890s as a personal tool to alleviate breathing problems and hoarseness during public speaking.

There are also many tiny ( under 100 people ) towns and villages, such as Baranof Warm Springs, Edna Bay, Elfin Cove, Excursion Inlet, Hyder, Meyers Chuck, Pelican, Port Alexander, Port Frederick, Port Protection, and Tenakee Springs.

* 1757 – Seven Years ' War: Battle of Leuthen – Frederick II of Prussia leads Prussian forces to a decisive victory over Austrian forces under Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine.

The Congress was a personal triumph for Francis, where he hosted the assorted dignitaries in comfort, though Francis undermined his allies Tsar Alexander and Frederick William III of Prussia by negotiating a secret treaty with the restored French king Louis XVIII.

Frederick supported a succession of antipopes before finally making peace with Alexander in 1177.

Some composers who have been labeled impressionists are Claude Debussy, Maurice Ravel, André Caplet, Frederick Delius, Isaac Albéniz, Enrique Granados, Erik Satie, Albert Roussel, Alexander Scriabin, Lili Boulanger, Federico Mompou, Charles Tomlinson Griffes and Karol Szymanowski.

Her stepfather's brother Frederick became Pope Stephen IX, while both of the following two popes, Nicholas II and Alexander II had been Tuscan bishops.

However, the dispute between Alexander III, Antipope Victor IV and his successors Antipope Paschal III and Antipope Calixtus III ( who had the German imperial support ) continued until Frederick Barbarossa's defeat at the Legnano in 1176, after which Barbarossa finally ( in the Peace of Venice of 1177 ) recognized Alexander III as pope.

Frederick Barbarossa submits to the authority of Pope Alexander III ( fresco in the Palazzo Pubblico in Siena, by Spinello Aretino ).

He also brought an offer of reconciliation in 1163 to Holy Roman Emperor Frederick I Barbarossa, whom Pope Alexander III had excommunicated in 1160.

Italy commanded Urban IV's near full attention: the long confrontation with the late Hohenstaufen Holy Roman Emperor Frederick II had not been pressed during the mild pontificate of Alexander IV, during which it devolved into inter-urban struggles between nominally pro-Imperial Ghibellines and even more nominally pro-papal Guelf factions.

Baden-Powell wrote the principles of Scouting in Scouting for Boys ( London, 1908 ), based on his earlier military books, with influence and support of Frederick Russell Burnham ( Chief of Scouts in British Africa ), Ernest Thompson Seton of the Woodcraft Indians, William Alexander Smith of the Boys ' Brigade, and his publisher Pearson.

By agreement reached at the Peace of Venice in 1177 the bitter conflict between Alexander III and Emperor Frederick I was brought to an end.

When Pope Hadrian IV died in 1159, the divided cardinals elected two popes: Roland of Siena, who took the name of Alexander III, and Octavian of Rome who, though nominated by fewer cardinals, was supported by Frederick and assumed the name of Pope Victor IV.

Eventually, at the Peace of Venice, when Alexander gained victory, he promised Frederick that he would summon an ecumenical council.

* 1176: On May 29, Frederick Barbarossa's forces were defeated in the Battle of Legnano by the Lombard League which resulted in the emperor's acknowledgement of the pope's sovereignty over the Papal States and Alexander acknowledging the emperor's overlordship of the imperial Church.

Both sought Frederick ’ s support, Frederick, busy with the siege of Crema, appeared unsupportive of Alexander III, and after the sacking of Crema demanded that Alexander appear before the emperor at Pavia and to accept the imperial decree.

Alexander refused, and Frederick recognised Victor IV as the legitimate Pope in 1160.

In response, Alexander III excommunicated both Frederick I and Victor IV.

Louis came near the meeting site but, when he became aware that Frederick had stacked the votes for Alexander, Louis decided not to attend the council.