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.
SPENCE, JOHN, son of George Spence, Middleham, Yorks.; bapt. 31 Jan 1646/7; at Merchant Taylors’ Sch. 1659-61; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1661.
Spence, James Hamilton, only son of Hamilton Robert Spence, of Black Notley, Essex, by Constance, sister of Henry Buller Templer (q.v.); b. June 23, 1898; adm. May 4, 1911 (G); left Easter 1915; R.M.A. Woolwich 1915; 2nd Lieut. R.A. Oct. 27, 1915, attached R.F.C. April 26, 1917; Lieut. July 1, 1917; went out to the western front Feb. 25, 1916; killed in action near Chateau Thierry July 16, 1918.
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.