Spence, Ian Bowring, son of Harold Edgar Spence of West Wickham, Kent, and Joyce Enid, d. of John Edward Webster of South Norwood; b. 14 Apr. 1919; adm. May 1933 (H); left Dec. 1936; RASC in WW2; d. 3 July 2004.
Speirs, William Christie Sleeman, brother of Alexander John Sleeman Speirs (qv); b. 11 July 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (R); left Dec. 1922.
Speirs, Alexander John Sleeman, son of Sleeman Speirs of Moradabad, India; b. 26 Dec. 1905; adm. Jan. 1921 (R); left Dec. 1922; d. 3 July 2004.
SPEED, SAMUEL, eldest son of John Speed MD, Southampton, Hampshire, and Margaret, dau. of Bartholomew Warner MD, Regius Prof. of Medicine, Oxford; b.; adm.; KS; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1645, matr. 1 Feb 1646/7, aged 16, Westminster Student; BA 1649; MA 1660; although he at first refused to submit to the Parliamentary Visitors, he was “absent upon leave” when ordered to take the Engagement by the Committee 17 Feb 1650 (Burrows, p. 329); he must however have been deprived of his Studentship by the Commissioners, for he was reinstated in 1660; ordained; Vicar of Godalming, Surrey, from 1662; Chaplain to Earl of Ossory, with whom he distinguished himself in the naval action against the Dutch off the Suffolk coast 2 Jun 1665; Prebendary of Lincoln from 20 Sep 1670; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford, from 6 May 1674; Rector of Whitburn, co. Durham 1673-5; Rector of Alverstoke, Hampshire, from 1675; a letter from the Duke of Ormonde, Chancellor of Oxford University, asking for the conferment on Speed of the degree of DD was read in Convocation at Oxford 30 May 1674 (Wood, Fasti Oxon., ii, 347), but there is no record of the grant; fell into debt and was imprisoned in Ludgate Prison for several years; author of a translation of Valerius Maximus, Romae Antiquae Descriptio, 1678; m. ---, dau. of Rev. Edward Layfield, Rector of Chiddingfold, Surrey; d. 22 Jan 1681/2. DNB.
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, 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.
SPARKES, ROGER, son of William Sparkes, Middlesex; b.; adm.; KS (aged 15) 1650; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1653, adm. pens. 22 Jun 1653, scholar 1653; 2nd in “ordo” 1656/7; BA 1656/7; MA 1660; Fellow, Trinity Coll. from 1658; will proved PCC 25 Aug 1660 (surname given as Sparke).
SPARK, THOMAS, son of Rev. Archibald Spark, Vicar of Northop, Flintshire, and Prebendary of St. Asaph; b.; adm.; KS 1668; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1672, matr. 17 Jul 1672, aged 17, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1672 – void 1688, Tutor 1677-84, Senior Censor 1684; BA 1676; MA 1679; BD 18 Feb 1687/8; DD 1691; ordained; Chaplain to George Jeffreys, 1st Baron Jeffreys of Wem (qv); Prebendary of Lichfield from 9 Apr 1686; Rector of Ewhurst, Surrey 1 Mar 1687/8; Rector of Norton, Leics.; Prebendary of Rochester from 2 Jun 1688; edited Zosimus, 1679, Lactantius, 1684; d. 7 Sep 1692. DNB.
SPARHAUKE, LAWNDEY, eldest son of William Sparhauke, Baldock, Herts., and Margaret Lawndey (or Lowray ?), St. Andrew’s, Holborn; bapt. Baldock, Herts., 12 Mar 1733; adm. (aged 11) Apr 1744 (Levett's); left 1749; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 28 Oct 1752; d. 29 Aug 1770.