Albert Spicer

Sir Albert Spicer, 1st Baronet PC (16 March 1847 – 20 December 1934) was an English businessman and Liberal Party politician.

Sir Albert Spicer 1st Baronet
Sir Albert Spicer
Member of Parliament for Monmouth Boroughs (1892–1900)
1st Baronet
In office 1892–1900
Preceded by	Sir George Elliot
Succeeded by	Frederick Rutherfoord Harris
Parliamentary group	Liberal Party
Constituency	Monmouth Boroughs, Hackney Central
Member of Parliament for Hackney Central (1906–1918)
In office 1906–1918
Preceded by	Augustus Henry Eden Allhusen
Succeeded by	William James Uglow Woolcock
Personal details
Born	16 March 1847
Died	20 December 1934 Bayswater, London, England
Nationality	English
Political party	Liberal Party
Spouse	Jessie Stewart Dykes
Children	Albert, Marion, Bertha, Grace, Stewart Dykes, Janet, Lancelot, Gwendoline Elaine, Eva, Olga, Ursula
Occupation	Businessman, Politician
Known for	Founder of James Spicer & Sons (Spicers Ltd), Member of Parliament

He was born in Brixton, London, the son of James Spicer D.L. of Alton, Hampshire (1807–1888), a wealthy paper merchant and a well-known congregationalist, and Louisa Edwards (1813–1892), daughter of Evan Edwards and Mary Ann Johnson. He was the sixth child in a family of ten, with three brothers and six sisters; he was the second son, after his brother James (great-grandfather of the Labour MP Harriet Harman).

When his father died in 1888, Albert inherited the paper company James Spicer & Sons (since 1922 Spicers Ltd) with his brother James, transforming it into the largest and most productive paper company in the world.

On 6 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 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 aged 87 on 20 December 1934 at 24 Palace Road, Bayswater, London, and was cremated in Golders Green Crematorium on 21 December 1934. His wife had predeceased him. 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 Dykes Spicer (1893–1979).

Sources

• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Sir Albert Spicer