Alexander Stevenson (Scottish politician)

Sir Alexander Stewart Stevenson (1860 to 1936) was a Scottish jeweller, Edinburgh councillor and lay preacher who also played bowls for Scotland. Born at Dalry in Ayrshire, he entered Edinburgh Town Council as a Liberal in 1900 and served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1926 to 1929, receiving a knighthood in 1928. As a bowler he was twice capped for Scotland and played on Rink 3 in the first international competition between England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales, held at Crystal Palace and Wandsworth in July 1903, where England beat Scotland on shots after the two sides tied on points. Several Edinburgh streets were later named after him. He died in Edinburgh in 1936.