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Speirs, Alexander John Sleeman, son of Sleeman Speirs of Moradabad, India; b. 26 Dec. 1905; adm. Jan. 1921 (R); left Dec. 1922; d. 3 July 2004.

Speirs, William Christie Sleeman, brother of Alexander John Sleeman Speirs (qv); b. 11 July 1907; adm. Jan. 1921 (R); left Dec. 1922.

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.

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.

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.

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.

St. John, Terence Alexander, third son of Sir Frederick Robert St. John, K.C.M.G., by Isabella Annie, second daughter of Capt. the Hon. James Terence Fitzmaurice, R.N., of Brighton, Sussex; b. March 24, 1896; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (R); left Dec. 1911; served in Great War I; 2nd Lieut. 11th Batt. Royal Sussex Regt. Jan. 4, 1915; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R., Nov. 7, 1941; Flying Officer Jan. 7, 1942; m. Dec. 16, 1933, Germaine, daughter of Jean Chabaud, of Champegaud, France; d. 1951.

Stanbrook, Clive St George Clement, son of Ivor Robert Stanbrook MP, barrister and Conservative politician, and Mabel Joan, d. of George Henry Clement of Wembley; b. 10 Apr. 1948; adm. Jan. 1962 (R); left July 1966; UCL, LLB 1971; called to the Bar, Inner Temple 1972; contested (Cons. ) Islington Central Oct. 1974; founder and partner Stanbrook and Hooper, EC lawyers, Brussels, Belgium 1978-; Pres. Brit. Chamber of Commerce for Belgium and Luxembourg 1985-7; OBE Jan. 1988; called to the New York Bar 1988; QC 1989; sen. counsel McDermott Will & Emery; m. 3 Apr. 1971 Julia Suzanne, d. of Noel Hillary of Ipswich, Suffolk; d. 13 Apr. 2018.

Standring, Robert Cumberland, son of George Lancelot Standring, Bank of England official, of East Sheen, and Ethel Mary Harrison, d. of Alexander Reid of Richmond, Surrey; b. 1 Feb. 1929; adm. Sept. 1942 (R); left July 1946; Legal & Gen. Assurance Soc 1948-87; hon. treas., Nat. Viewers and Listeners Assn. 1977-92, exec. chmn. 1990-2; Liveryman Vintners’ Company 1959; m. 9 Nov. 1963 Eileen Margaret, d. of Charles Frederick Arthur Greenslade of Croydon; d. 30 Nov. 2001.

Steavenson, George Manchester, son of Charles Manchester Cohen, solicitor, of Hove, Sussex; b. 28 Aug. 1912; adm. Apr. 1926 (R); left July 1930; Ch. Ch. Oxf.; assumed the name Steavenson in lieu of Cohen 1930; called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Nov. 1934; m.; d. 28 Apr. 1935 after an aircraft accident.