sentences:  Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet
  
  Sir Alexander Matheson, 1st Baronet MP JP DL (16 January 1805 – 26 July 1886), China merchant, Liberal Member of Parliament, and railway entrepreneur.The son of John Matheson Esq of Ardross and Attadale, Ross-shire, the family's ancestral seat, Alexander left home at an early age to trade in the Far East.