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4 unusual facts about Robert Spottiswoode


Robert Spottiswoode

He was later appointed Lord President of the College of Justice by Charles I of England.

Sir Robert married in 1629 Bertha Morrison, eldest daughter of Sir Alexander Morrison of Preston Grange, one of the Senators of the College of Justice, and wife Eleanor Maule.

Sir Robert Spottiswoode (Spottiswood, Spotiswood, Spotswood) (1596 - 20 January 1646) was Lord President of the Court of Session and member of the Privy Council to James I of England, and Lord President of the College of Justice and Secretary for Scotland, appointed by Charles I of England.

Charles I, having erected the Bishopric of Edinburgh, pleaded with Sir Robert to part with his lands of New Abbey in 1634, which he gave as part of a patrimony to his new Bishopric.



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