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Spicer Baronets
The Spicer Baronetcy, of Lancaster Gate in the Borough of Paddington, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 17 July 1906 for Albert Spicer. He was Chairman of James Spicer & Sons Ltd (since 1922 ″Spicers Ltd″), paper makers, and also represented Monmouth and Hackney Central in the House of Commons as a Liberal. The fourth Baronet did not use his title. Spicer baronets, of Lancaster Gate (1906) *Sir Albert Spicer, 1st Baronet Sir Albert Spicer, 1st Baronet PC (16 March 1847 – 20 December 1934) was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician. He was born in Brixton, London, the son of James Spicer D.L. of Alton, Hampshire (1807–1888), a wealthy paper merc ... (1847–1934) * Sir Albert Dykes Spicer, 2nd Baronet (1880–1966) * Sir Stewart Dykes Spicer, 3rd Baronet (1888–1968) * Peter James Spicer, presumed 4th Baronet (1921–1993) * Sir Nicholas Adrian Albert Spicer, 5th Baronet (born 1953) The heir apparent is the present ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of The United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of England, King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of Pound sterling, £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707, Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the #Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the #Baronetage of Great Britain, Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albert Spicer
Sir Albert Spicer, 1st Baronet PC (16 March 1847 – 20 December 1934) was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician. He was born in Brixton, London, the son of James Spicer D.L. of Alton, Hampshire (1807–1888), a wealthy paper merchant and a well-known congregationalist, and Louisa Edwards (1813–1892), daughter of Evan Edwards and Mary Ann Johnson. He was the sixth child in a family of ten, with three brothers and six sisters; he was the second son, after his brother James (great-grandfather of the Labour MP Harriet Harman). When his father died in 1888, Albert inherited the paper company James Spicer & Sons (since 1922 ''Spicers Ltd'') with his brother James, transforming it into the largest and most productive paper company in the world. On 6 March 1879, he married Jessie Stewart Dykes, daughter of David Dykes and his wife Janet Buxton. They had eleven children, three boys and eight girls: Albert, Marion, Bertha, Grace, Stewart Dykes, Janet, Lancelot, Gwendoli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Spicer & Sons
Sir Albert Spicer, 1st Baronet Privy Council of the United Kingdom, PC (16 March 1847 – 20 December 1934) was an English businessman and Liberal Party (UK), Liberal Party politician. He was born in Brixton, London, the son of James Spicer D.L. of Alton, Hampshire (1807–1888), a wealthy paper merchant and a well-known congregationalist, and Louisa Edwards (1813–1892), daughter of Evan Edwards and Mary Ann Johnson. He was the sixth child in a family of ten, with three brothers and six sisters; he was the second son, after his brother James (great-grandfather of the Labour MP Harriet Harman). When his father died in 1888, Albert inherited the paper company James Spicer & Sons (since 1922 ''Spicers Ltd'') with his brother James, transforming it into the largest and most productive paper company in the world. On 6 March 1879, he married Jessie Stewart Dykes, daughter of David Dykes and his wife Janet Buxton. They had eleven children, three boys and eight girls: Albert, Marion, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
