Andrew Spottiswood
British MP, 1787-1866
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| Intro | British MP, 1787-1866 | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Andrew Spottiswoode | ||||||
| A.K.A. | Andrew Spottiswoode | ||||||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | ||||||
| was | Politician | ||||||
| Work field | Politics | ||||||
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| Birth | 19 February 1787 | ||||||
| Death | 20 February 1866 (aged 79 years) | ||||||
| Star sign | Pisces | ||||||
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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.
He was the fourth son of John Spottiswoode (died 1805) of Spottiswoode, Berwick and Margaret Penelope Strahan, daughter of William Strahan. He was educated at Edinburgh High School. He was a descendant of John Spottiswoode (1565-1639) archbishop of St. Andrews and lord chancellor of Scotland.
Spottiswoode lived at 9 Bedford Square, London and Broome Hall, Surrey.
Spottiswoode married Mary, daughter of Thomas Norton Longman, printer, of 39 Paternoster Row, London, and they had two sons and three daughters.
In 1830 he "received a 30-year patent as King's Printer".
He was the father of mathematician and physicist William Spottiswoode, president of the Royal Society from 1878 to 1883.