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Venn, who gives as William Pakenham Maxwell Spencer
Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Apr. 11, 1817. [Eldest s. of Lieut.-Gen. William, of Bramley Grange, Yorks. B. Feb. 1, 1800, in India.] ' Matric. Michs. 1817; Scholar, 1817; B.A. (8th Wrangler) 1821; M.A. 1824. Fellow, 1823-8. Ord. deacon (Bristol) June 6, 1824; priest (Lincoln, Litt. dim. from Ely) Feb. 27, 1825. R. of Starston, Norfolk, 1827-44; P.C. of Badley, Suffolk, 1836-7. Died Aug. 16, 1845, at Merton House, Cambridge. (Clergy List; Foster, Index Eccles.; John Bull, Aug. 23, 1845; Scott, MSS.; G. Mag., 1845, II. 432.)