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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.

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.

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.

Spicer, Frederick Patrick, son of Frederick Spicer, F.R.C.S. (I), of St. Marylebone; b. June 16, 1899; adm. May 2, 1913 (R); left Dec. 1917; R.M.C. Sandhurst 1918; Oriel Coll. Oxon., matric. Trinity 1919; B.A. 1922; called to the bar at the Inner Temple July 2, 1924; South-Eastern Circuit; 2nd Lieut. Beds and Herts Regt. Sept. 16, 1940; m. July 18, 1935, Jean Rhoda Mary, elder daughter of Arthur Lee, of Wigston Magna, Leics.; d. 8 Sept. 1981.

SPERING, JAMES; b. ; adm. ; KS 1642, still in 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114). [move to Speering]

SPENSER, THOMAS, son of Rev. John Spenser DD, Vicar of St. Sepulchre’s, London, and Prebendary of St. Paul’s; b.; adm.; KS ; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1616, matr. 10 Jun 1618, aged 16, Westminster Student to 1628; BA 1619; MA 1622.

SPENCER, WILLIAM FRANCIS, elder son of Hon. William Henry Spencer (qv), and his first wife; b. 10 Oct 1838; adm. 3 Oct 1850 (G); QS 1853; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1857 (with Triplett), adm. pens. 6 Jul 1857, matr. 1857; Ensign, 46th Foot 31 Dec 1858; Lieut., 3 Dec 1861; Capt., 15 May 1866; retd. 16 Mar 1870; of Spring Grove, Bewdley, Worcs.; JP Worcestershire 1877; m. 17 Jan 1874 Margaret Georgiana, eldest dau. of Walter Hemming, Bewdley, Worcs.; d. 3 Jul 1923.

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.