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John Roderick Charles Herbert Spottiswoode (1882-1946).  
John Roderick Charles Herbert Spottiswoode (1882-1946).  


1882 Born the eldest son of Captain Charles Herbert and his second wife, Helen, the only child of late Colonel Andrew Spottiswoode.  
1882 Born the eldest son of Captain Charles James Herbert, Captain in Grenadier Guards, and his second wife, Helen, the only child of late Colonel Andrew Spottiswoode.  


1900 Succeeded his great aunt, Lady John Montagu-Douglas-Scott-Spottiswoode, and assumed her name.
1900 Succeeded his great aunt, Lady John Montagu-Douglas-Scott-Spottiswoode, and assumed her name.


1906 Married Evelyn Anne Venables, only child of Richard Henry Venables Kyrke, of Natyffrith, Flintshire, and Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Peter walker of Auchenflower.  
1906 June 30th. Married in St. Geo. Han. Sq., London, to Evelyn Anne Venables-Kyrke, only child of Richard Henry Venables-Kyrke, of Natyffrith, Flintshire, and Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Peter walker of Auchenflower.  


1909 Captain John Spottiswoode was elected a member of the [[Royal Aero Club]]<ref>Flight JULY 10, 1909</ref>
1909 Captain John Spottiswoode was elected a member of the [[Royal Aero Club]]<ref>Flight JULY 10, 1909</ref>
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1923 J. H. Spottiswoode was an official at Renfrew, Glasgow for thr King's Cup Air Race<ref>Flight JULY 26, 1923</ref>
1923 J. H. Spottiswoode was an official at Renfrew, Glasgow for thr King's Cup Air Race<ref>Flight JULY 26, 1923</ref>
1930 'John Herbert Spottiswoode, a Justice of the Peace, was charged with obstructing Police-Sergeant Kenward tn the execution of his duty, and also with obstructing The Parade with his car...'<ref>
Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Friday 22 August 1930</ref>


== See Also ==
== See Also ==

Revision as of 17:49, 26 August 2018

1910. C. Lane, C. Graham Gilmour, Claude Grahame-White, H. J. D. Astley, Spottiswood, James Radley, L. D. L. Gibbs and Alan Boyle.

John Roderick Charles Herbert Spottiswoode (1882-1946).

1882 Born the eldest son of Captain Charles James Herbert, Captain in Grenadier Guards, and his second wife, Helen, the only child of late Colonel Andrew Spottiswoode.

1900 Succeeded his great aunt, Lady John Montagu-Douglas-Scott-Spottiswoode, and assumed her name.

1906 June 30th. Married in St. Geo. Han. Sq., London, to Evelyn Anne Venables-Kyrke, only child of Richard Henry Venables-Kyrke, of Natyffrith, Flintshire, and Anne Elizabeth, daughter of Peter walker of Auchenflower.

1909 Captain John Spottiswoode was elected a member of the Royal Aero Club[1]

1910 Mr Spottiswood was manager for Alan Boyle (not convinced this is the same person)

1910 February: The Hon. C. S. Rolls, Capt. J. Spottiswoode, and Mr. Horace Short were the official observers of The Hon. Maurice Egerton's flight at Shellbeach for prizes offered by the Royal Aero Club[2]

1910 J. H. Spottiswoode was one of the contributors to the Rolls Memorial Fund[3]

1913 J. H. Spottiswoode was one of the Royal Aero Club's observers at the competition for the Mortimer Singer prize at Cowes[4]

WWI As he was visiting airfields in Germany when war was declared, J. H. Spottiswoode suffered many months of solitary confinement[5]

1915 Marriage dissolved.

1917 J. H. Spottiswoode was a member of the house committee of the Royal Aero Club[6]

1923 J. H. Spottiswoode was an official at Renfrew, Glasgow for thr King's Cup Air Race[7]

1930 'John Herbert Spottiswoode, a Justice of the Peace, was charged with obstructing Police-Sergeant Kenward tn the execution of his duty, and also with obstructing The Parade with his car...'[8]

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Sources of Information

  1. Flight JULY 10, 1909
  2. Flight Feb 19, 1910
  3. Flight OCT 1, 1910.
  4. Flight JULY 12, 1913
  5. FLIGHT, NOVEMBER 19, 1929
  6. Flight MARCH 29, 1917
  7. Flight JULY 26, 1923
  8. Hartlepool Northern Daily Mail - Friday 22 August 1930