Alexander Spotswood
E331220
Alexander Spotswood was a colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the early 18th century, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to develop the colony’s frontier.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Alexander Spotswood canonical | 2 |
| Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3151114 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Spotswood Context triple: [Spotsylvania County, Virginia, namedAfter, Alexander Spotswood]
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Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, was an early 17th-century English nobleman and colonial governor of Virginia whose name became the source of the exonym “Delaware” for the Lenape people and the region.
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B.
George Ross
George Ross was an American lawyer and Continental Congress delegate from Pennsylvania who signed the Declaration of Independence and was related to flag-maker Betsy Ross.
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C.
William R. Broughton
William R. Broughton was an 18th-century British naval officer and explorer known for his voyages in the Pacific Ocean and the naming of various islands.
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D.
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was an English nobleman and soldier who became the first peer of the Fairfax family in the Scottish peerage in the early 17th century.
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E.
Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, was an English nobleman and colonial proprietor best known for founding and governing the Province of Maryland as a haven for English Catholics in the 17th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Alexander Spotswood Target entity description: Alexander Spotswood was a colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the early 18th century, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to develop the colony’s frontier.
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A.
Thomas West 3rd Baron De La Warr
Thomas West, 3rd Baron De La Warr, was an early 17th-century English nobleman and colonial governor of Virginia whose name became the source of the exonym “Delaware” for the Lenape people and the region.
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B.
George Ross
George Ross was an American lawyer and Continental Congress delegate from Pennsylvania who signed the Declaration of Independence and was related to flag-maker Betsy Ross.
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C.
William R. Broughton
William R. Broughton was an 18th-century British naval officer and explorer known for his voyages in the Pacific Ocean and the naming of various islands.
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D.
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron
Thomas Fairfax, 1st Lord Fairfax of Cameron, was an English nobleman and soldier who became the first peer of the Fairfax family in the Scottish peerage in the early 17th century.
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E.
Cecil Calvert 2nd Baron Baltimore
Cecil Calvert, 2nd Baron Baltimore, was an English nobleman and colonial proprietor best known for founding and governing the Province of Maryland as a haven for English Catholics in the 17th century.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Lieutenant Governor
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colonial administrator ⓘ person ⓘ |
| advocatedFor | westward expansion beyond the Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ |
| appointedBy |
Anne, Queen of Great Britain
ⓘ
surface form:
Queen Anne
|
| associatedWithEvent |
Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition
ⓘ
surface form:
Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition of 1716
|
| birthDate | 1676 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Tangier
ⓘ
surface form:
Tangier, Morocco
|
| burialPlace | Temple Farm, Yorktown, Virginia ⓘ |
| conflict | War of the Spanish Succession ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1740 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Annapolis, Maryland, United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
Annapolis, Maryland
|
| educatedAt | England ⓘ |
| endTime | 1722 ⓘ |
| founded | Germanna settlement ⓘ |
| governedTerritory |
Colony and Dominion of Virginia
ⓘ
surface form:
Colony of Virginia
|
| heritage | Scottish descent ⓘ |
| implementedPolicy |
frontier defense policy in Virginia
ⓘ
western land grant policy in Virginia ⓘ |
| knownFor |
building frontier forts in Virginia
ⓘ
encouraging road construction in Virginia ⓘ promoting German immigration to Virginia ⓘ promoting iron production in Virginia ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Virginia Governor's Council
ⓘ
surface form:
Governor’s Council of Virginia
|
| militaryBranch | British Army ⓘ |
| militaryRank | colonel ⓘ |
| monument | Spotswood Monument in Fredericksburg, Virginia ⓘ |
| namesake |
Spotswood, New Jersey
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Spotsylvania County, Virginia ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Knights of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition
ⓘ
efforts to develop Virginia’s frontier ⓘ expansionist policies in colonial Virginia ⓘ exploration of the Blue Ridge Mountains ⓘ |
| occupation |
land speculator
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planter ⓘ |
| partOf | British colonial administration in North America ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Acting Governor of Virginia
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Lieutenant Governor of Virginia ⓘ |
| predecessor | Edmund Jenings ⓘ |
| religion | Church of England ⓘ |
| residence |
Germanna, Virginia
ⓘ
Colony and Dominion of Virginia ⓘ
surface form:
Virginia Colony
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| spouse | Anne Butler Brayne ⓘ |
| startTime | 1710 ⓘ |
| successor | Hugh Drysdale ⓘ |
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Subject: Alexander Spotswood Description of subject: Alexander Spotswood was a colonial Lieutenant Governor of Virginia in the early 18th century, known for his expansionist policies and efforts to develop the colony’s frontier.
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Lieutenant Governor Alexander Spotswood