Governor Alexander Spotswood

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Governor_Alexander_Spotswood
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:birthDate 1676
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Tangier,_Morocco
gptkbp:children gptkb:Anne_Spotswood
gptkb:John_Spotswood
gptkbp:deathDate 1740
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Annapolis,_Maryland,_British_America
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Governor Alexander Spotswood
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryRank colonel
gptkbp:militaryService gptkb:War_of_the_Spanish_Succession
gptkbp:namesakeOf gptkb:Spotsylvania_County,_Virginia
gptkb:Spotswood,_New_Jersey
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Spotswood_Expedition_(Knights_of_the_Golden_Horseshoe)
expansion of Virginia's western frontier
ironworks at Germanna
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:positionHeld gptkb:Lieutenant_Governor_of_Virginia
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Edmund_Jenings
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Anglicanism
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:Queen_Anne
gptkb:King_George_I
gptkbp:signature Alexander Spotswood signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Bray
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Hugh_Drysdale
gptkbp:termEnd 1722
gptkbp:termStart 1710
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Blackbeard
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6