Andrew Spottiswoode
Andrew Spottiswoode (19 February 1787 - 20 February 1866), was a British politician, MP for Saltash from 1826 to 1830, and Colchester from 1830 to 1831.[1]
He was the fourth son of John Spottiswoode (died 1805) of Spottiswoode, Berwick and Margaret Penelope Strahan, daughter of William Strahan.[1] He was educated at Edinburgh High School.[1] He was a descendant of John Spottiswoode (1565-1639) archbishop of St. Andrews and lord chancellor of Scotland.[1]
Spottiswoode lived at 9 Bedford Square, London and Broome Hall, Surrey.[1]
Spottiswoode married Mary, daughter of Thomas Norton Longman, printer, of 39 Paternoster Row, London, and they had two sons and three daughters.[1]
In 1830 he "received a 30-year patent as King's Printer".[2]
He was the father of mathematician and physicist William Spottiswoode, president of the Royal Society from 1878 to 1883.[3]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f "SPOTTISWOODE, Andrew (1787-1866), of 9 Bedford Square, Mdx. and Broome Hall, Dorking, Surr. - History of Parliament Online". www.historyofparliamentonline.org. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
- ^ Eyre and Spottiswoode, gracesguide.co.uk. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
- ^ "Spottiswoode biography". www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
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- 1787 births
- 1866 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for constituencies in Cornwall
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies
- MPs for rotten boroughs
- Spottiswoode family
- UK MPs 1826–1830
- UK MPs 1830–1831