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Spencer, William Henry, 1810-1900
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1810-1900
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SPENCER, HON. WILLIAM HENRY, fourth son of Francis Spencer, 1st Baron Churchill, and Lady Frances Fitzroy, dau. of Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton KG PC; b. 12 Apr 1810; adm. 1 Oct 1823 (Singleton's); went to Rugby Sch. 1824; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Jun 1828; BA 1831; MA 1834; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 18 Nov 1831; ordained deacon 7 Jun 1835, priest 30 Jul 1837 (both Salisbury); Curate, Northleigh, Oxfordshire 1838-40; Vicar of Urchfont, Wilts., 19 Feb 1839-50; Rector of Stoke Climsland, Cornwall 1850-73; Rector of Great Houghton, Northants, from 12 Feb 1872; m. 1st, 23 Jan 1838 Elizabeth Rose, second dau. of Thomas Thornhill, Woodleys, Oxfordshire; m. 2nd, 15 Jun 1852 Louisa Mercer, dau. of Sir William Pratt Call, Bart.; m. 3rd, 26 Sep 1893 Anna Maria Cowley, widow of Robert Francis Allen, and dau. of John Horton Sheppard, Towcester, Northants, solicitor; d. 21 Aug 1900.
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GB 2014
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.