Early Life and Education
Alexander was born in Edinburgh. As a child he lived on the island of Colonsay where his father Di was a firefighter, potter and deputy pier master and he attended Colonsay Primary School. The family then moved briefly to South Uist in the Outer Hebrides, then to Glengarry on the mainland where he attended Glengarry Primary School. He was then educated at Lochaber High School, Fort William in the Scottish Highlands where he excelled in Maths and science subjects, before reading Philosophy, Politics and Economics (PPE) at St Anne's College, Oxford.
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