Denis James Alexander, 6th Earl of Caledon was a soldier and landowner.
Background
He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Honorary Herbrand Charles Alexander and Millicent Valla Meredyth and grandson of James Alexander, 4th Earl of Caledon. He married, firstly on 6 April 1943, Ghislaine Dresselhuys (who died on 25 April 2000, as Lady Foley), a wealthy heiress, as the only daughter of Dutch-born and Long Island resident, Cornelius William Dresselhuys and the Mauritius-born Edith née Merandon du Plessis (an ex-wife of the 1st Viscount Kemsley).
Education
He was educated at Eton College and at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.
Career
He gained the rank of Major in the service of the Irish Guards. They had issue one daughter:
Lady Tana Marie Alexander, now Lady Tana Focke (b 2 March 1945), who is a successful fund manager and on 13 December 1973 married His Honour Judge Paul Everard Justus Focke Queen's Counsel and has issue: (i) Diana Natasha Focke (b 1974) and (ii) Victoria Justine Focke (b 1976), who was married on 25 February 2006 at the Brompton Oratory, London, to James Legge, son of Mr and Mrs Christopher Legge. She was originally named Cayetana for her godmother Cayetana, Duchess of Alberta
Nicholas Alexander, 7th Earl of Caledon (b 6 May 1955)
Lady (Elizabeth) Jane Alexander (b 28 March 1962), who married firstly, the journalist Rory Peck (d 1993) in 1981 (divorced 1987) and had issue: (i) James Julian Peck (b 1982) and (ii) Alexander Nicolas de Graevenitz Peck (b 1984), and secondly (Richard Francis) Andrew Dobbs, son of Sir Richard Dobbs Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order, of Castle Dobbs, Carrickfergus, County Antrim, in 1990 and has issue: (i) Louisa Valla Joan Dobbs (b 1992), (ii) Elizabeth Calixta Leslie Dobbs (b 27 September 1994) and (iii) Victoria Natasha Jane Dobbs (b 12 March 1996).
This marriage ended in the early 2000s, and she was married thirdly to a local man, Doctor Ftizroy Gillespie in June 2013. Denis Alexander succeeded to the title of Earl of Caledon on 10 July 1968 on the death of his "endearingly eccentric bachelor" uncle.
He died on 20 May 1980 aged 59.