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SPOONER, CHARLES; b.; adm. (aged 7) Oct 1738 (Bourne's); left 1748. [Evidently third son of John Spooner, Bloomsbury, London, adm. Middle Temple 11 Feb 1748/9, called to bar 3 May 1754; perhaps Charles Spooner, Esq., Harley Streeet, Cavendish Square, London, , will proved PCC 2 Jul 1790].

Spokes, Peter Spencer, son of Peter Sidney Spokes, M.R.C.S., J.P., of St. Marylebone, by Agnes, daughter of Albert Anderson, of Dunstable, Beds; b. Dec. 23, 1893; adm. April 30, 1908 (R); left July 1912; Queen's Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1912; B.A. 1917; M.A. 1921; B.Sc. 1923; Lieut. 19th London Regt. (T.F.) Oct. 16, 1916, acting Capt. Aug. 3, 1917; served in France in Great War I; secretary, Imperial Forestry Institute (Univ. of Oxford), from 1924-38; F.S.A. 1937; extra staff, Bodleian Library, Oxon. since 1950; m. Sept. 2, 1924, Lilla Jane, elder daughter of John Hazelwood Clayton, M.B., of Edgbaston, co. Warwick; d. 1976.

Pottery company founded by Josiah Spode (1733-1797) in 1770. Company became Copeland & Garrett between 1833-47, continuing to use the Spode brand. Continued as W.T. Copeland & Sons 1847-1970. Business and factories continued under the name Spode Ltd from 1970. In 2006, merged with Royal Worcester. The merged company entered adminstration in 2008. The brand names and intellectual property were acquired by Portmeirion Group in 2009.

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SPILSBURY, GEORGE; b.; at school 1799; in school lists 1801, 1803. [perhaps George Green Spilsbury, son of Francis Spilsbury, and Dorothy Evans, b. 30 Jul 1786 (IGI), physician Bengal Army, d. 1857] [note will Francis Spilsbury, St. Anne, Westminster, chemist, proved PCC 9 Aug 1793]

SPILSBURY, FRANCIS; b.; adm. 12 Jan 1814; left Christmas 1817. [Probably Francis Gybbon Spilsbury, son of Edgar Ashe Spilsbury, Stafford, surgeon, and his first wife Emma Gybbon, bapt. St. Mary, St. Marylebone Road 9 Jan 1801 (IGI); m. 1st, 7 Dec 1824 Elinor Wright (IGI); m. 2nd, 5 Jan 1837 Ann Turner (IGI)].

Spiller, Reginald Harvey, son of Harvey Benjamin Spiller, of Limpsfield, Surrey, by Edith Mary, daughter of Edward Wells Reynolds, of Worthing, Sussex; b. May 19, 1903; adm. Sept. 27, 1917 (A); left Easter 1921; London Univ.; Royal Coll. of Science; A.R.C.S. 1924; D.I.C. 1927; chemist with I.C.I. Ltd.; m. Nov. 21, 1942, Margaret, daughter of B. Percy, of Stevenage, Herts.; d. 31 Mar. 1982.

SPILLER, GEORGE; b.; adm.; in school list 1801; left Midsummer 1803 [check : not in school list May 1803]. [note will George Spiller, St. Anne’s, Westminster, gentleman, proved PCC 30 Jun 1847]

Spiers, Sidney Nelson, son of Sidney Spiers, of Streatham, by Eleanor, daughter of Samuel Kiddle, of Peckham Rye; b. Sept. 4, 1886; adm. Sept. 28, 1899 (H); left July 1903; joined the British Red Cross Society May 1916, and served with the 36th Div. of French Infantry; French Croix de Guerre 1919; m. Sept. 8, 1909, Annie Mary Caroline, eldest daughter of Major Arthur Hayne, I.S.C., of Streatham.

Spiers, Ronald Hayne, son of Sidney Nelson Spiers (qv); b. 14 Sept. 1919; adm. May 1933 (A); left July 1935; d. after an accident 1939.