Evan Spicer

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

Background

Spicer was the son of James Spicer. He was educated at Mill Hill School. In 1873 he married Annie Whitley. They had four sons and two daughters. He was knighted in 1917.[1]

Political career

Evan Spicer (c. 1906)
Vanity Fair caricature of Spicer (1912)

Spicer was a Progressive Party member of the London County Council 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 Alderman, 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.[1] Despite being assured of an Aldermanic seat, he also chose to run as a Progressive candidate at the LCC elections; In the 1901 London County Council election he ran in the heavily Conservative constituency of the City of London.[2]

Spicer was Liberal candidate for the Dulwich division at the December 1910 General Election.[3]

He was knighted in the 1916 Prime Minister's Resignation Honours.[4]

Electoral record

1901 London County Council election: City of London[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Frederick Prat Alliston 3,325 18.8 -2.2
Conservative Henry Clarke 3,290 18.6 -2.0
Conservative Alfred Louis Cohen 3,251 18.4 -2.1
Conservative Herbert Stuart Sankey 3,138 17.8 -2.8
Progressive Lord Welby 2,341 13.2 +4.6
Progressive Evan Spicer 2,327 13.2 +4.7
Conservative hold Swing -3.5
Newington West in London 1907–1919
1910 London County Council election: Newington West[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Daniel Gilbert 3,540
Progressive Evan Spicer 3,536
Municipal Reform Frank Henry Baber 2,483
Municipal Reform Richard Owen Roberts 2,470
Majority
Progressive hold Swing
1913 London County Council election: Newington West[6]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive James Daniel Gilbert 3,161
Progressive Evan Spicer 3,097
Municipal Reform Edgar Abbott 2,268
Municipal Reform Richard Owen Roberts 2,222
Majority
Progressive hold Swing

References

  1. ^ a b ‘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 2014 accessed 28 Jan 2017
  2. ^ a b "The London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 5 March 1901: 12. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 22 September 2016.
  3. ^ British Parliamentary Election Results 1918–1973, FWS Craig
  4. ^ "Five New Peers. List of Resignation Honours". The Times. 22 December 1916. p. 8.
  5. ^ "London County Council Election." Times [London, England] 7 March 1910: 7. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 May 2016.
  6. ^ London Municipal Notes, 1913
Political offices Preceded byRalph Lingen Chairman of the Finance Committee of London County Council 1892–1895 Succeeded by
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