Henry Reginald Spence OBE (22 June 1897 – 11 September 1981) was a Scottish Unionist politician. Spence was commissioned in the

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in 1915; with No. 16 Squadron in 1916-17 and with 12 Wing

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in 1918 (under Ginger Mitchell). He was later Area Commandant of the

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for North-East Scotland. He was British Cross Country Ski Champion,

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in 1929. He worked in textile manufacturing and industry and was managing partner of a firm and director of four others. Spence was Unionist Member of Parliament for Aberdeen and Kincardine Central from 1945 to 1950 and for West Aberdeenshire from 1950 to 1959. He died in Kensington and Chelsea aged 84.

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* 1897 births 1981 deaths Officers of the Order of the British Empire Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Scottish constituencies Royal Air Force officers Royal Flying Corps officers Unionist Party (Scotland) MPs UK MPs 1945–1950 UK MPs 1950–1951 UK MPs 1951–1955 UK MPs 1955–1959 {{Conservative-UK-MP-1890s-stub