Sir Evan Spicer (20 April 1849 – 22 December 1937) was a British Liberal and London Progressive politician who served for 30 years on the

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Background

Spicer was the son of James Spicer. He was educated at

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. In 1873 he married Annie Whitley. They had four sons and two daughters. He was knighted in 1917.‘SPICER, Sir Evan’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 201
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Political career

Spicer was a

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member of the

from its inception in 1889 until his retirement in 1919. In 1889 he was one of the inaugural Aldermanic appointments. He served three consecutive terms as an

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, covering 1889–1907. In 1907, he was elected to the LCC as a Councillor representing Newington West. He served three consecutive terms as a Councillor, covering 1907–1919. On the LCC he was Chairman of Finance from 1892 to 1895. He served as Vice-Chairman of the LCC from 1906 to 1906 and chairman from 1906 to 1907. Despite being assured of an Aldermanic seat, he also chose to run as a Progressive candidate at the LCC elections; In the

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he ran in the heavily Conservative constituency of the

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. Spicer was Liberal candidate for the

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division at the December 1910 General Election. He was knighted in the

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Electoral record

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Spicer, Evan 1849 births 1937 deaths Knights Bachelor Liberal Party (UK) parliamentary candidates Progressive Party (London) politicians Members of London County Council People educated at Mill Hill School Politicians awarded knighthoods