Sir Albert Spicer, 1st Baronet
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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 (4 May 1807-23 January 1888), a wealthy paper merchant and a well-known congregationalist, and Louisa Edwards (5 October 1813-19 January 1892), daughter of Evan Edwards and Mary Ann Johnson. He was the sixth child in a family of twelve, with three brothers and six sisters, he was the second son, after his brother James (great grandfather of the Labour MP Harriet Harman
). When James Spicer Senior died in 1888, Albert inherited the paper company with his brother James, transforming it into the largest and most productive paper company in the world. On the sixth of 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, Gwendoline Elaine, Eva, Olga and Ursula. He was created a Baronet in 1906, and served as Member of Parliament
(MP) for the Monmouth Boroughs
from 1892 to 1900, and for Hackney Central
from 1906 to 1918. He was a J.P. for Essex and was appointed as a Privy Councillor
in 1912.
He died on 20 December 1934 in 24 Palace Road, Bayswater, London, and was cremated in Golders Green Crematorium on 21 December 1934. His wife had predeceased him on the twenty-first of that year. His title was inherited by his first son Albert, then, on his death in 1966, Stewart Dykes inherited the title. The paper trade was taken over by his son Lancelot, who became a D.S.O.
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
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(16 March 1847 – 20 December 1934) was an English
England
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businessman and Liberal Party
Liberal Party (UK)
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politician.
He was born in Brixton
Brixton
Brixton is a district in the London Borough of Lambeth in south London, England. It is south south-east of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London....
, London, the son of James Spicer D.L. of Alton, Hampshire (4 May 1807-23 January 1888), a wealthy paper merchant and a well-known congregationalist, and Louisa Edwards (5 October 1813-19 January 1892), daughter of Evan Edwards and Mary Ann Johnson. He was the sixth child in a family of twelve, with three brothers and six sisters, he was the second son, after his brother James (great grandfather of the Labour MP Harriet Harman
Harriet Harman
Harriet Ruth Harman QC is a British Labour Party politician, who is the Member of Parliament for Camberwell and Peckham, and was MP for the predecessorPeckham constituency from 1982 to 1997...
). When James Spicer Senior died in 1888, Albert inherited the paper company with his brother James, transforming it into the largest and most productive paper company in the world. On the sixth of 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, Gwendoline Elaine, Eva, Olga and Ursula. He was created a Baronet in 1906, and served as Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for the Monmouth Boroughs
Monmouth Boroughs (UK Parliament constituency)
Monmouth Boroughs was a parliamentary constituency consisting of several towns in Monmouthshire...
from 1892 to 1900, and for Hackney Central
Hackney Central (UK Parliament constituency)
Hackney Central was a borough constituency in what was then the Metropolitan Borough of Hackney, in London. It returned one Member of Parliament to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom....
from 1906 to 1918. He was a J.P. for Essex and was appointed as a Privy Councillor
Privy Council of the United Kingdom
Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council, usually known simply as the Privy Council, is a formal body of advisers to the Sovereign in the United Kingdom...
in 1912.
He died on 20 December 1934 in 24 Palace Road, Bayswater, London, and was cremated in Golders Green Crematorium on 21 December 1934. His wife had predeceased him on the twenty-first of that year. His title was inherited by his first son Albert, then, on his death in 1966, Stewart Dykes inherited the title. The paper trade was taken over by his son Lancelot, who became a D.S.O.