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Sir James Ernest Spencer {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|DL|JP}} (5 May 1848 – 29 June 1937)[1] was a British Conservative politician and Member of Parliament 1886–1906. BiographySpencer was born in 1848, the youngest son of John Spencer, iron master, of Phoenix House, West Bromwich. He was educated privately, and was a chairman of the family company, J. E. and S. Spencer Ltd, and a director of several other companies, including Kelly's Directories Ltd. In 1884 he was called to the bar by the Middle Temple, and joined the Oxford Circuit.[2] From 1892 to 1914 he served as counsel to the Austro-Hungarian consulate.[1] He was a Justice of the peace (JP) and a Deputy Lieutenant (DL) for Staffordshire. In politics, he unsuccessfully contested the West Bromwich constituency in the general election in November 1885, but was elected as a Member of Parliament in the election the following year. He served as MP for West Bromwich from 1886 until he retired in the 1906 election.[2] For his services to politics he was appointed a knight Bachelor in the November 1901 Birthday Honours list,[2] and received the knighthood from King Edward VII on 10 December 1901.[3] He died at his home, at Oxshott, on 29 June 1937.[4] FamilySpencer married, in 1886, Helen Williamson, daughter of Thomas Williamson, of the Bombay Civil Service. Lady Spencer died in 1928.[1] References1. ^1 2 SPENCER, Sir Ernest’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 2. ^{{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Birthday Honours |day_of_week=Saturday |date=9 November 1901 |page_number=8 |issue=36608| }} 3. ^{{London Gazette|issue=27389|date=20 December 1901|page=8979}} 4. ^1 2 {{Cite newspaper The Times |articlename=Obituary – Sir Ernest Spencer |day_of_week=Thursday |date=1 July 1937 |page_number=11 |issue=47725| }} External links
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