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.
SPENCE, ---; b.; adm. Christmas 1810; left 1810.
SPENCE, ---; b.; in school list 1795.
SPENCE, ---; b.; in school list Dec. 1788, still at school 1790.
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.