About Henry Spicer
Lived 1837 – 1915 (aged 77–78). Henry Spicer was a British politician.
Henry Spicer (1837 – 18 October 1915) was an English stationer and Liberal politician.
Spicer was born at Islington, the son of Henry Spicer and his wife Sarah. His father was a wholesale stationer of the firm of Spicer Bros. Spicer received a congregationalist education at Mill Hill School, and New College, St. John's Wood. He graduated at the University of London and joined the wholesale stationery business. He was a J.P. for Middlesex, and a Member of London School Board.
In the 1885 general election, Spicer was elected Member of Parliament for Islington South but lost the seat in the 1886 general election. Spicer's wife Lucy was from Calcutta.
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English stationer and Liberal politician (1837–1915)
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Henry Spicer died on 18 October 1915.
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