Alexander Brodie Spark, influential merchant, businessman and free settler of Australia, was born on 9 August 1792 at Elgin, Scotland.

Elgin is a historic city and formerly a royal burgh in Moray, on the North Coast of Scotland. It is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. The town originated to the south of the River Lossie on the higher ground above the floodplain where the town of Birnie is. There, the church of Birnie Kirk was built in 1140 and serves the community to this day.