Edward Spencer (English politician)

Sir Edward Spencer (1594 – 16 February 1656) was an English landowner, lawyer, knight, nobleman, and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1621 and 1648.

He matriculated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford on 13 November 1609, aged 14 and was awarded BA on 18 February 1612.

He was re-elected MP for Middlesex in May 1648 as a recruiter to the Long Parliament, but was excluded under Pride's Purge in December.

[2] Spencer died at the age of 61 and was buried at Great Brington, Northamptonshire.

[5] Spencer married Lady Margaret Reade, widow of Sir William Reade of Osterley and daughter of John Goldsmith of Welby Suffolk.