Researching Spencer Summers
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 8398 people with the Summers surname? In that year Summers was ranked number 485 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Spencer means "dispenser, keeper" and is of English origin.
Records of Spencer Summers on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Spencer Summers and the Summers Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 11888 people with the Summers surname in the UK? Summers is now ranked number 481 for popularity in the UK. |
Summers Family Tree Databases
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Look at the Ellis Island Database for information on Spencer Summers. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Spencer Summers
Spencer Summers
Sir Gerard Spencer Summers (27 October 1902 – 19 January 1976), known as Spencer Summers, was a British Conservative politician. He was born in Flintshire, Wales in 1902 and educated at Wellington School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He became a director of the family business of John Summers & Sons, steelmakers.
During the Second World War (1940-1945) he was the elected Member of Parliament (MP) for Northampton and appointed the Director-General of Regional Organisation at the Ministry of Supply. In 1945, he was the Secretary for Overseas Trade in the post-war caretaker government.
In 1946 he also assumed the role of first chairman of the Outward Bound Trust. He was also a Governor of UWC Atlantic College from its opening in 1962–76, and was on the foundation committee for three years prior to its opening.
He was MP for Aylesbury from 1950 until his retirement in 1970. He was knighted in 1956 and selected High Sheriff of Northamptonshire for 1974–75.
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