Alexander Spotswood

(1700-1740)

Biographical Data

Important Dates

Alexander Spotswood was born in 1700. He died in 1740.

Occupations

• Governor, between 1710 and 1722. Alexander Spotswood was the Royal Governor of Smithfield, VA, USA for twelve years [1].

Relatives

• Others: Margaret Anna Robertson (great-great-granddaughter, 1810-1871) [1] and Rosaline Brooke Spotswood  (great-granddaughter, 1836-1901) [1].

References

1. Mary Claire Engstrom. The Book of Burwell Students: Lives of Educated Women in the Antebellum South. (Hillsborough: Hillsborough Historic Commission, 2007).