Researching James Spens
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The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Spens on Ancestry
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James Spens (British Army officer)
Major-General James Spens, (30 March 1853 – 19 August 1934) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the British Army. Spens began playing cricket whilst at school, and after joining the Army played for Hampshire and the Marylebone Cricket Club in the 1880s. He briefly returned to first-class cricket in 1897–98, again for Hampshire. During the Second Boer War, he led an infantry battalion and a mobile column, then later commanded a military district in India and a Territorial division in the United Kingdom. He retired shortly before the outbreak of the First World War, when he returned to service, commanding the 12th (Eastern) Division, then a training depot and a military district in Egypt.
Source: James Spens (British Army officer), Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia
Other names that sound a bit like Spens
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