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SPEARMAN, EDMUND ALEXANDER MALCOLM, elder son of Edmund Robert Spearman CMG, Secretary, Public Works Loan Board, and Lady Maria Louisa Fitzmaurice, youngest dau. of Thomas Fitzmaurice, 5th Earl of Orkney (S); b. 17 May 1864; adm. 19 Jun 1876 (G); left Aug 1877; mercantile clerk (1881 Census); d. 30 Nov 1896.

SPEARMAN, CHARLES, son of Gilbert Spearman FSA, Thornley Hall, Durham, and Middle Temple, London, barrister, and his second wife Margaret, dau. of Robert Pearson, Bishop Middleham, co. Durham; bapt. 15 Jan 1706/7; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1719; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 30 Mar 1723, matr. 1723; adm. Middle Temple 25 Jun 1722; d. 20 Jun 1725.

Spearman, Sir Alexander Bowyer Bt, son of Sir Alexander Young Spearman Bt, mining engineer, and Dorothy Catharine, d. of Capt. Thomas Bowyer Bowyer DL, of Iwerne Minster, Dorset; b. 15 Feb. 1917; adm. Sept. 1930 (H); left July 1933; 7 Rajput Regt IA 1941-8 (Staff Capt. GHQ India); FCII 1954; fire insurance man. Union Guarantee Co. Ltd Cape Town 1955-7, tech. asst to gen. man. 1957-8; succ. as 4th Baronet 11 Feb. 1959; dir. Jack Ginsburg (Pty) Ltd Cape Town 1960-7, Delta Insurance Consultants 1967-9, Nabco (Cape) Ltd 1969; m. 10 Apr. 1950 Martha, d. of John Green of Naauwpoort, S. Africa; d. 27 May 1977.

Spear, Trevor Hicks, son of James Spear of Deal, Kent, and Florence Elizabeth, d. of Capt. David Francis Wilkinson of Castro Urdiales, Spain; b. 22 Aug. 1900; adm. Jan. 1915 (H); left Dec. 1917; RMC Sandhurst, 2nd Lieut. The Buffs July 1919, Lieut. July 1921, Capt. May 1925; ADC to GOC Eastern Command India 1928-32; Brevet Maj. July 1938, Lieut.-Col. 1943, Col. 1944, Brig. 1952; served WW2 in N. Africa, despatches Dec. 1941 and June 1942; OBE Aug. 1945, USA Bronze Star Nov. 1945; Militarv Attaché Belgium and Luxembourg 1945-7; Grand Offi­cer Belgian Order of the Crown Jan. 1947; Couronne de Chêne (Luxembourg), Chevalier Danebrog (Denmark); Military Attaché Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos 1952-55; retd 1955; chairman council of voluntary welfare work Cyprus 1957-60, Germany 1960-1; d. 30 Dec. 1989.

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SPARRYE, FRANCIS, son of Francis Sparrye, Westminster; bapt. 8 Jan 1568/9; at school (aged 14) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050).

SPARROW, THOMAS, of Essex; b. ; at school under Osbaldeston; BB; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. , Bishop Williams scholar 4 Nov 1629, matr. Lent 1629/30; BA 1632/3.