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SPENCER, HON. WILLIAM HENRY, fourth son of Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill, and Lady Frances Fitzroy, dau. of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton KG PC; b. 12 Apr 1810; adm. 1 Oct 1823 (Singleton's); went to Rugby Sch. 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Jun 1828; BA 1831; MA 1834; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Nov 1831; ordained deacon 7 Jun 1835, priest 30 Jul 1837 (both Salisbury); Curate, Northleigh, Oxfordshire 1838-40; Vicar of Urchfont, Wilts., 19 Feb 1839-50; Rector of Stoke Climsland, Cornwall 1850-73; Rector of Great Houghton, Northants, from 12 Feb 1872; m. 1st, 23 Jan 1838 Elizabeth Rose, second dau. of Thomas Thornhill, Woodleys, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, 15 Jun 1852 Louisa Mercer, dau. of Sir William Pratt Call, Bart.; m. 3rd, 26 Sep 1893 Anna Maria Cowley, widow of Robert Francis Allen, and dau. of John Horton Sheppard, Towcester, Northants, solicitor; d. 21 Aug 1900.

SPENCER, WILLIAM FRANCIS, elder son of Hon. William Henry Spencer (qv), and his first wife; b. 10 Oct 1838; adm. 3 Oct 1850 (G); QS 1853; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1857 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 6 Jul 1857, matr. 1857; Ensign, 46th Foot 31 Dec 1858; Lieut., 3 Dec 1861; Capt., 15 May 1866; retd. 16 Mar 1870; of Spring Grove, Bewdley, Worcs.; JP Worcestershire 1877; m. 17 Jan 1874 Margaret Georgiana, eldest dau. of Walter Hemming, Bewdley, Worcs.; d. 3 Jul 1923.

SPENCER, WALTER MATTHEW, eldest son of Matthew Spencer, Horsington, Somerset, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Freke, Hinton St. Mary, Dorset; bapt. Horsington, Somerset 9 Sep 1760 (IGI); adm. 8 Feb 1773; Ensign, 9th Foot 19 Dec 1776; Lieut., 1 Jun 1780; Capt., 15 Dec 1784; [no longer in Army List 1790]; d. in Paris Nov 1823, aged 62.

Spencer, Richard (or Spenser). Probably Michael House, Cambridge, matr.pens. Mich.1546. Usher (sic), Westminster School, in year to Michaelmas 1558.

SPENCER, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1722; in under school list 1726; left Mich. 1726.

Spencer, John Henry, son of Cdr Henry Spencer RN and Gladys Mary, d. of John Mitchell Bruce CVO MD; b. 7 July 1908; adm. Jan. 1923 (H); left Apr. 1925; Gloster Regt 1941, transf. East Sur­rey Regt Apr. 1942 (Capt.), MC Apr. 1946; a co. secretary; m. 9 Jan. 1937 Ursula Mary, d. of Mervyn Joseph Witham-Wolseley of Whitmore House, Guildford; d. 6 Oct. 1963.

SPENCER, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 9) 1749/50; left 1752.

SPENCER, HENRY, 1ST EARL OF SUNDERLAND, eldest son of William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer, and Lady Penelope Wriothesley, eldest dau. of Henry Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton; bapt. 23 Nov 1620; at school under Osbaldeston; a contributor to Genethliaca Ducis Eboracensis celebrata a Musis Regiae Scholae Westmonasteriensis, 1633 (British Library, Royal MSS 12A, vol. xiii); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 May 1635, aged 15; MA 31 Aug 1636; succ. father as 3rd Baron Spencer 19 Dec 1636; although nominated Lord Lieut. Northamptonshire by Parliament 28 Feb 1641/2, he joined the Royal army and fought at the battle of Edgehill 23 Oct 1642; created Earl of Sunderland 8 Jun 1643; m. 20 Jul 1639 Lady Dorothy Sydney (Waller’s “Sacharissa”), eldest dau. of Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester; killed at first battle of Newbury 20 Sep 1643. DNB.