Background
He was the son of Anne Elizabeth McNeill née Carstairs, and Alexander McNeill (1791–1850), brother of Duncan McNeill, Lord Colonsay (1793–1874) and of Sir John McNeill (1795–1883).
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Alexander McNeil
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He was wounded in the Siege of Delhi. He represented the Wallace electorate from 1866 to 1869, when he resigned. Since the mid-1880s, he lived in Wanganui, where he died on 17 May 1915.
He was buried at Wanganui Cemetery.
Membership
As a member of the Royal Engineers, McNeill participated in the Indian Rebellion of 1857 for the entire conflict.
