Alexander Spotswood, Moroccan-American colonial and politician, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia (born 1676)

Alexander Spotswood

British army officer, explorer, and colonial administrator (1676–1740)

Major-General Alexander Spotswood was a British army officer, explorer and colonial administrator who served as the governor of Virginia from 1710 to 1722. After an unsatisfactory military career, in 1710 he was appointed as Virginia's governor, a post he held for twelve years.…

List of colonial governors of Virginia

Some of those who held the lead role as governor of Virginia never visited the New World and governed through deputies resident in the colony. Others, such as Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, held the lead role for many years but were in Virginia for only a short portion of…

June 7

Day of the year

June 7 is the 158th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 207 days remain until the end of the year.