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.