List of Famous people with last name Sprowle

Andrew Sprowle

First Name Andrew
Last Name Sprowle
Born on November 30, 1713
Died on January 1, 1776 (aged 62)
Born in United Kingdom

Andrew Sprowle was a Scottish-born merchant, naval agent, landowner, shipyard owner, slaveholder and slave trader in Portsmouth, Virginia. Today Andrew Sprowle is best remembered for establishing the Gosport Ship Yard, now known as Norfolk Naval Shipyard. Sprowle emigrated from Milton, West Dunbartonshire, Scotland to what is currently the Commonwealth of Virginia in the mid-18th century, where he lived until his death on 29 May 1776.

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