Rachel, daughter of David Lindsay, Bishop of Ross, with issue a daughter and two sons: Anne Spottiswoode Sir John Spottiswoode of Dairsie in Fife. He was appointed one of the Gentlemen of the Bedchamber to Charles I of England when a young man, and was knighted by the King as appears by a charter under the great seal, dated 5 June 1621. He died before the restoration of King Charles II. His only son was: John, a staunch loyalist, who joined James Graham, 1st Marquess of Montrose and was taken prisoner with him and executed immediately after him, on 21 May 1650. Sir Robert, Lord President of the Court of Session (1596–1646), who was captured at the battle of Philiphaugh in 1645 and executed on 20 January 1646. Sources the accounts prefixed to the first edition of Spottiswoode's History of Scotland the accounts published by the Spottiswoode Society in 1851 David Calderwood's History of the Kirk of Scotland (1842–1849). See also Alexander Spotswood - the noted Lieutenant-Governor of Virginia, who was grandson of Robert Spottiswoode (1596–1646) and great-grandson of Archbishop John Spottiswoode. References 1565 births 1639 deaths Roman Catholic archbishops of Glasgow Archbishops of St Andrews Scottish Christian theologians 17th-century Scottish historians Alumni of the University of Glasgow Burials at Westminster Abbey Chancellors of the University of St Andrews Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1612 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1617 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1617 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1621 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1621 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1625 Members of the Parliament of Scotland 1628–1633 Members of the Convention of the Estates of Scotland 1630 John Moderators of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Octavians Scottish bishops 1560–1638