Alexander Spotswood (12 December 1676 – 7 June 1740) was a British Army officer, explorer and lieutenant governor of Colonial Virginia; he is regarded as one of the most significant historical figures in British North American colonial history.

Dec 22, 2021 · Alexander Spotswood served as lieutenant governor of Virginia from 1710 until 1722, ruling robustly in the absence of Governor George Hamilton, earl of Orkney. Born in Tangier, Morocco, Spotswood moved with his mother …

Jan 1, 2025 · Alexander Spotswood was one of the first British colonial governors of North America to appreciate the economic value of the Western frontier. After service under the 1st duke of Marlborough in the War of the Spanish Succession (1701–14), he was appointed lieutenant governor of Virginia (1710).

Jun 9, 2024 · Compare DNA and explore genealogy for Alexander Spotswood born abt. 1676 Tangier, Morocco died 1740 Annapolis, Anne Arundel County, Province of Maryland including ancestors + descendants + 6 photos + 18 genealogist comments + DNA connections + more in the free family tree community.

Alexander Spotswood (12 December 1676 – 7 June 1740) was a British Army officer, explorer and lieutenant governor of Colonial Virginia; he is regarded as one of the most significant historical figures in British North American colonial history.

Jun 15, 2008 · The official letters of Alexander Spotswood, lieutenant-governor of the colony of Virginia, 1710-1722, now first printed from the manuscript in the collections of the Virginia historical society by Virginia.

May 18, 2018 · Alexander Spotswood (1676-1740), a British soldier, became lieutenant governor of the Virginia colony in America. Alexander Spotswood was born in Tangier, Morocco, where his father was an army physician at an English military base.

Alexander Spotswood (c. 1676 - 6 June 1740) was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the British Army and the Lieutenant Governor of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia. He is famous for being strict on piracy and dispatching pirate hunters under the command of Robert Maynard to hunt down and kill Edward 'Blackbeard' Teach .

Alexander Spotswood (1676-1740) was a lieutenant in the British Army, and later lieutenant governor of Virginia, 1710-1722.

Insights into Alexander Spotswood must be gleaned from a variety of sources as there is surprisingly little academic work on an individual who contributed so much to the growth of colonial Virginia. Spotswood came to know Virginians well.