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Dictionary of National Biography, /Spottiswood, Alexander

&#;SPOTTISWOOD or SPOTSWOOD, ALEXANDER (–), colonial governor, born at Tangier in , was the only son of Robert Spotswood and his wife Catherine Elliott.

His father was physician to the governor and garrison of Tangier, and third son of Sir Robert Spottiswood [q. v.], secretary for Scotland.

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    • Alexander became an ensign in the Earl of Bath's regiment of foot on 20 May , obtained a lieutenancy on 1 Jan. , and rose to be captain before He was wounded at Blenheim, and obtained a lieutenant-colonel's commission. In he was appointed lieutenant-governor of Virginia under the nominal governor, George Hamilton, first earl of Orkney [q.

    v.] He showed himself a conspicuously energetic administrator, labouring for the good of the colony in divers ways. He rebuilt the college of William and Mary, and took measures for the conversion and instruction of Indian children.

    He was the first to explore the Appalachian mountains in He dealt