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Spurling, Frederick William; second son of John Spurling, New River Co., London, and Rebecca, third dau. of Thomas Roberts, Oxford ; b. 3 Feb 1844 ; ed St.Paul’s Sch. and Wadham Coll.Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1863, aged 18, scholar ; 1st cl. Cl.Mods 1864, 1st cl.Lit.Hum.1866 ; BA 1867 ; MA 1871 ; Lecturer, Wadham Coll. 1867-8 ; Assistant Master (Classics) Oct 1868 – Dec 1870 ; Assistant Master, Rugby Sch. 1871-4 ; Lecturer, Brasenose Coll., Oxford 1874 ; Tutor, Keble Coll., Oxford 1875-1906, Sub-Warden 1897 ; ordained deacon 1884, priest 1886 (Oxford) ; Hon.Canon, Chester 1899 ; Canon Residentiary of Chester from 1907 ; m. 17 Apr 1873 Clara, only child of Henry Eyton, Pernambuco, Brazil, merchant ; d. 14 Jun 1914.

Spurgin, Anthony Martin, son of Percy Bertram Spurgin MRCS and Hilda Gertrude, d. of Wil­liam Mildred of Chigwell, Essex; b. 11 Nov. 1910; adm. Sept. 1924 (A); left July 1929; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1929; took part in notable OUDS productions of Shakespeare 1931-2; appeared in Giles Playfair's "Oxford Blazers" 1932-3; Roy. Coll. of Music 1934-6; a composer and per­former; original pianist for "Ridgway's Late Joys" at the Players' Theatre; RA in WW2, drafted into "Stars in Battledress", touring European bases 1944-5; has composed sundry works for orchestra, brass and military bands, including an orchestral setting in waltz time of the song "Nos Elizae laudibus nomen cumulamus" for performance at a Westminster Ball; m. 1st 23 Feb. 1943 Eileen Stanton, Sgt ATS, of Topsham, Devon; 2nd 11 Nov. 1960 Lily Louise, d. of Charles Alexander Narvige, master butcher, of Paddington; d. 6 Feb. 2001.

Spry, Robert Graham Michel, son of Graham Spry OC LLD, Agent-Gen. for the Province of Saskatchewan in UK and Europe, and Prof. Irene Mary Biss Spry, political economist, d. of Evan East Biss of Wookey Hole, Somerset; b. 25 Oct. 1939; adm. Sept. 1953 (G); left July 1957; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1958; BA 1961, MA 1967; LSE, MSc 1964; film maker, Nat. Film Board of Canada; Robert Flaherty award, Soc. of Film & TV Arts and Blue Ribbon award American Film Festival 1969; m. 15 June 1973 Carmel, d. of John Dumas, civil servant, of Quebec, Canada; d. 28 Mar. 2005.

Spry, Richard Daniel Evan, brother of Robert Graham Michel Spry (qv); b. 27 Feb. 1944; adm. May 1957 (G); left July 1962; Univ. of Grenoble, France 1962-3; Univ. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1963, BA 1967, MA 1971; office man. for Pierre Trudeau during Canadian election campaign 1968; worked for CBC Montreal and Radio News & Public Affairs Winnipeg, Canada; m. Deirdre Heggtreit; d. 3 Aug. 1973.

Spry, Charles Gordon Arthur Purkis, son of Charles Gordon Spry CB, Special Commissioner Inland Revenue, of Putney, and Thyra Letitia, d. of Samuel Purkis, tea merchant, of Gerrards Cross, Bucks; b. 3 May 1897; adm. May 1911 (H); left Dec. 1915; RAF 1918-9 (Lieut.), attd Admiralty Central Hydrogen Dept; a consulting engineer, FCIBSE AIMechE 1920; acted pro fessionally for Viscount Mountbatten of Burma at Brook House, Park Lane, and at Broadlands, Hants, and for the late Duke of Westminster on his yacht Flying Cloud; installed all-electric heat­ing at Barclays Bank head office; sen. Trustee United Westminster Almshouses; d. 14 Jan. 1990.

Sprott, Peter Marlborough, son of Norman Armitage Sprott DM FRCS, of Jersey, and Laura Edis, d. of J. S. Chaszann-Moskowicz; b. 16 Aug. 1918; adm. Jan. 1932 (R); left Dec. 1932 and went to Uppingham Sch.; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1937, BA 1941, MA 1944; RASC 1939-45 (Capt.); adm. a solicitor July 1950; Asst Solicitor Treasury Solicitor's Dept 1977-81; m. 30 Oct. 1954 Doris Ruby, d. of R. C. Luxon of Saltdean, Sussex, and widow of L. F. Hale; d. 8 Aug. 2000.

SPRING, JAMES, son of William Spring, London, goldsmith, and Dorcas Rolfe, St. Stephen Walbrook, London; bapt. St. Martin’s in the Fields, London 11 Apr 1728 (IGI); adm. (aged 12) Jan 1740/1; d. 24 Aug 1747. Buried West Cloister, Westminster Abbey.