Sir Alexander Spotswood

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Sir_Alexander_Spotswood
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:birthDate 1676
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Tangier,_Morocco
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Bruton_Parish_Church,_Williamsburg,_Virginia
gptkbp:children gptkb:Robert_Spotswood
gptkb:John_Spotswood
gptkbp:deathDate 1740
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Annapolis,_Maryland,_British_America
gptkbp:education gptkb:Charterhouse_School
gptkbp:founded Germanna settlement
gptkbp:governor gptkb:Colony_of_Virginia
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sir Alexander Spotswood
gptkbp:knighted 1718
gptkbp:legacy Spotswood, New Jersey named after him
Spotsylvania County, Virginia named after him
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkbp:militaryRank Lieutenant-Colonel
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableFor gptkb:Knights_of_the_Golden_Horseshoe_Expedition
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:military_officer
gptkb:colonial_administrator
gptkbp:participatedIn gptkb:War_of_the_Spanish_Succession
gptkbp:predecessor gptkb:Edmund_Jenings
gptkbp:servedUnder gptkb:John_Churchill,_1st_Duke_of_Marlborough
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Elizabeth_Bray
gptkbp:successor gptkb:Hugh_Drysdale
gptkbp:termEnd 1722
gptkbp:termStart 1710
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Colony_of_Virginia_(royal_colony)
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7