SPENCER, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 11) Sep 1722; in under school list 1726; left Mich. 1726.
Spencer, John Henry, son of Cdr Henry Spencer RN and Gladys Mary, d. of John Mitchell Bruce CVO MD; b. 7 July 1908; adm. Jan. 1923 (H); left Apr. 1925; Gloster Regt 1941, transf. East Surrey Regt Apr. 1942 (Capt.), MC Apr. 1946; a co. secretary; m. 9 Jan. 1937 Ursula Mary, d. of Mervyn Joseph Witham-Wolseley of Whitmore House, Guildford; d. 6 Oct. 1963.
SPENCER, HENRY; b.; adm. (aged 9) 1749/50; left 1752.
SPENCER, HENRY, 1ST EARL OF SUNDERLAND, eldest son of William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer, and Lady Penelope Wriothesley, eldest dau. of Henry Wriothesley, 1st Earl of Southampton; bapt. 23 Nov 1620; at school under Osbaldeston; a contributor to Genethliaca Ducis Eboracensis celebrata a Musis Regiae Scholae Westmonasteriensis, 1633 (British Library, Royal MSS 12A, vol. xiii); Magdalen Coll. Oxford, matr. 8 May 1635, aged 15; MA 31 Aug 1636; succ. father as 3rd Baron Spencer 19 Dec 1636; although nominated Lord Lieut. Northamptonshire by Parliament 28 Feb 1641/2, he joined the Royal army and fought at the battle of Edgehill 23 Oct 1642; created Earl of Sunderland 8 Jun 1643; m. 20 Jul 1639 Lady Dorothy Sydney (Waller’s “Sacharissa”), eldest dau. of Robert Sydney, 2nd Earl of Leicester; killed at first battle of Newbury 20 Sep 1643. DNB.
Spencer, Ernest Warren St George, son of Ernest Samuel Spencer of Wimbledon and Fanny, d. of Joseph Barwick of Twickenham; b. 16 Mar. 1900; adm. Sept. 1914 (G); left July 1918; 2nd Lieut. ASC in WWI; an engineer; sec. Brockenhurst Golf Club 1933-46, Hunstanton GC 1947-52, Woking GC 1953-68; m. 1930 Clara Joyce, d. of Lincoln Chandler of Angmering-on-Sea, Sussex; d. 5 Sept. 1989.
SPENCER, CHARLES, 3RD EARL OF SUNDERLAND, second son of Robert Spencer, 2nd Earl of Sunderland, and Lady Anne Digby, youngest dau. of George Digby, 2nd Earl of Bristol; b. 1674; at school under Busby (HMC Report, xii, Appendix v, 190); MP Tiverton 1695- 28 Sep 1702; succ. father as 3rd Earl of Sunderland 28 Sep 1702; an active Whig politician; one of the Whig junto; LLD Cambridge 17 Apr 1705; Envoy Extraordinary to Vienna Jun – Dec 1705; a Commissioner for the Union with Scotland 10 Apr 1706; Privy Councillor 3 Dec 1706; Secretary of State, Southern Dept., 3 Dec 1706 – 14 Jun 1710, when dismissed by Queen Anne at the persuasion of Harley and the High Church Tories; in constant communication with the Elector of Hannover during the latter years of Anne’s reign, but excluded from the list of Lord Justices at her death; a favourite at Court after the accession of George I; Lord Lieut., Ireland 22 Sep 1714 – Aug 1715, but did not go over to Ireland; Lord Privy Seal 28 Aug 1715 – Apr 1717; Vice-Treasurer, Ireland, for life, from 6 Jul 1716; intrigued against Walpole and Townshend; Secretary of State, Northern Dept., 15 Apr 1717 – Mar 1718; Lord President of the Council 16 Mar 1718 – 6 Feb 1719; First Lord of the Treasury 20 Mar 1718 – 1 Apr 1721; Groom of the Stole and First Gentleman of the Bedchamber from 7 Feb 1719; KG 21 Nov 1719; a bill introduced by his government in 1719 to limit the royal prerogative to create peers was defeated in the House of Commons; carried through the scheme for paying off part of the National Debt by means of the South Sea Company 1720, in spite of Walpole’s opposition; forced to resign as First Lord of the Treasury in Apr 1721 owing to the general feeling that he was responsible for this scheme’s fiasco, but retained his Household post and continued to exercise great influence with George I; a celebrated book collector who formed the Sunderland Library, inherited by the Dukes of Marlborough; m. 1st, 12 Jan 1694/5 Lady Arabella Cavendish, fifth dau. of Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle; m. 2nd, Jan 1699/1700 Lady Anne Churchill, Lady of the Bedchamber to Queen Anne, second dau. of John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough KG, Captain-Gen. of the Forces; m. 3rd, 5 Dec 1717 Judith, dau. of Benjamin Tichborne, Tichborne, Hampshire; d. 19 Apr 1722. DNB.
Spencer, Algernon Edmund Arthur Farre, son of the Rev. Henry Spencer, Minor Canon of Chester; b. March 6, 1890; adm. (as non-resident) K.S. Sept. 25, 1902 (H); Mure Scholar 1906; elected to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1907, matric. Michaelmas 1907; Gaisford Prize for Greek verse 1909; enlisted in the 28th Batt. London Regt.; Capt. East Yorks Regt.; served in Gallipoli, Egypt, France, and Siberia in Great War I; an accomplished linguist; served as cypher officer to the British Mission at Vladivostock after the armistice; assistant in charge of the Foreign Statistical Library at the London School of Economics Feb. 1920 till his death; m. 1920 Marjorie, daughter of Dr. William Brend; d. Jan. 10, 1922.
SPENCER, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715-9.
SPENCE-JONES, HENRY DONALD MAURICE, eldest son of George Spence QC MP, Pall Mall, London, barrister, and Caroline --- (IGI); b. 14 Jan 1836; adm. from King’s Coll. Sch. 30 May 1850 (Rigaud's); BB 6 Mar 1852; QS 18 May 1852; left 1854; entered Civil Service; Private Secretary to Sir Douglas Galton, Railway Secretary to Board of Trade; Corpus Christi Coll. Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1861; 1st cl. Theology 1865, 1866; BA 1865; MA 1868; DD 1887; ordained deacon 1865, priest 1866 (both St. Davids); Prof. of English Literature and Hebrew lecturer, St. David’s Coll., Lampeter 1865-70; Rector of St. Mary le Crypt, Gloucester 1870-7; Principal, Gloucester Theological Coll., 1875-7; Hon. Canon, Gloucester 1875-86; Vicar of St. Pancras, London 25 Sep 1877-86; Dean of Gloucester from 18 Dec 1886; Select Preacher, Cambridge 1883, 1887, 1901, 1905, Oxford 1892, 1893; Professor of Ancient History, Royal Academy, from 1905; assumed additional surname of Jones 1904; JP Cardiganshire; joint editor, Pulpit Commentary, 48 vols, 1880-94; author, Early Christianity and Paganism, 1902, and various other works; m. 11 Apr 1871 Louise Madeline Maria, younger dau. of David Jones MP, Pantglas, Llanfynydd, Carmarthenshire; d. 2 Nov 1917.
SPENCE, LANCELOT MOLYNEUX DALRYMPLE, brother of Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones (qv); b. 14 Sep 1837; adm. from King’s Coll. Sch. 10 Jun 1852 (James'); QS 1853; left Aug 1855; Clerk, Board of Trade, from Nov 1855; d. 4 Jul 1865.